97.—The prolix titles of many pamphlets, especially the polemical tracts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, often need abbreviation. For example:
The succession of Solomon to the throne of David consider’d in a sermon on the occasion of the sudden death of His Majesty King George I., June 18, 1727, by Thomas Bradbury. 2nd ed. 1727
may very well be cut down to
Bradbury, Thomas. Sermon on the death of George I. 1727
and
An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, together with rules and directions concerning suspention from the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper in cases of ignorance and scandall; also the names of such ministers and others that are appointed triers and judges of the ability of elders within the province of London. 1645
may be safely curtailed in most cases to
Lord’s Supper. An ordinance of Parliament, with rules and directions concerning suspention from the sacrament. pp. ii., 14. sm. 4o. 1645
Pamphlets are frequently collected and stored in libraries for some special reason—perhaps because they are of local interest—when this fact should be brought out in the catalogue. Accordingly a pamphlet entitled