| Henry, Prince, the Navigator. Beazley, C. R. | |
| 1895 | 923.9 |
The next book becomes
| William II., Emperor of Germany: | |
| Bigelow, P. The German Emperor and his | |
| Eastern neighbours. 1892 | 943.084 |
Whenever a number is used in the titles of monarchs either in the heading or in transcribing the title of a book, it is given in Roman numerals, as shown above, and not as "Henry 4th," or even as "William the Second." The last book requires a further entry under "Russia," the "Eastern neighbours" of the title, as the book bears upon German relations with Russia. It does not need an entry under "Germany," as all books dealing with a particular monarch or his reign are entered under his name, as in this instance, and covered by a reference from the name of the country, as
Germany.
See also William II.
or more comprehensively
Germany.
For the lives of monarchs and the histories of
their reigns see their names as William II.
This example affords an opportunity for explaining that in the catalogues of popular libraries the names of foreign monarchs are Anglicized, where they admit of it, as shown (William instead of Wilhelm); that all English monarchs of the same name take precedence in the order of arrangement; and that the sovereigns with the same name of a particular country are kept together, and then arranged in chronological order. The following list demonstrates this point—
William I., the Conqueror.
William II. (1087-1100).
William III.
William IV.
William I., Emperor of Germany (1861-88).
William II., Emperor of Germany.