⸻ Sinner’s comedy, The.
but so little is gained by this form of entry that it hardly compensates for the awkwardness of it.
It is incorrect in any form, author or title, to leave out the article in foreign languages, and to do so can only be justified by usage rather than exactness. As in English the entry-word is never under the article, as
Petite paroisse, La. Not La petite paroisse.
Aventure d’amour, Une. Not Une aventure d’amour.
Karavane, Die. Not Die Karavane.
100.—Many works of fiction with proper names in their titles are better known by those names, and are rarely looked for under the first word of the title. Books so well known as,
The personal history of David Copperfield.
Mr. Midshipman Easy.
History of Pendennis.