Kohlrausch, F. Kurze Darstellung der deutschen Geschichte. 1864
Green, S. G. Pictures from the German fatherland. n.d.
Breton, J. Notes d’un étudiant français en Allemagne. 1895
are to be found entered in a catalogue under Deutschen, Germany, and Allemagne, without a single binding reference. Another has books upon the United States under America, États-Unis, and United States. In one catalogue there is a reference in the following form:
États-Unis—see L’Univers,
which is most flattering to our American cousins. In this connection it should be observed that references of this kind are quite wrong. In the first place there is no occasion for a reference or entry of any kind under “États-Unis” in an English catalogue, and in the second the principle of referring from a lesser to a greater subject is incorrect; the reference must always be from a greater to a lesser. In the same catalogue there are numbers of references from subjects to authors, which are also wrong in principle, as a reference should never be given in this form:
Indigestion. See Douglas (Dr. Jas.),
or its reverse, equally erroneous:
Duncan, Dr. Andrew. See Consumption,
otherwise the curious humour of references of this kind will soon show itself. In both cases entries were required and not references. Therefore the only references to be used are