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It has already been shown that initial letters precede all words with the same initial, and under the same rule all names with a particular initial for the Christian name are placed before those with the Christian name in full, as
Fitzgerald, P. F.
Fitzgerald, Percy.
Fitzgerald, S. J. A.
Fitzgerald, Samuel.
Where there are a number of persons of the same surname and initial in the catalogue it is as well, for the sake of clearness, to try and find out the full name for which the initial stands and give it. When this cannot be done it is very important to take care and not attribute books by different authors to one, or by an individual to different authors. These are mistakes much more commonly made than might be supposed.
Monarchs, as authors or as subjects, having similar names are arranged in chronological order, but with British sovereigns leading, as
William I., the Conqueror.