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The So-called Evils of Index Learning--Glanville and Swift--Thomas Fuller's Defence of the Index--Advantages of saving the Brain by knowing where to find what is wanted--Dr. Johnson's Division of Necessary Knowledge--Gradual Introduction of the Word "Index"--Synonyms--Final Tr...
"When Baillet, the learned author of the _Jugemens des Savans_, was appointed by M. de Lamoignon keeper of the exquisite library collected by that nobleman, he set to work to co...
15. CHAPTER VI.These are all genuine entries taken from books, and similar blunders are not uncommon even in fairly good indexes; thus, in the _Calendar of Treasury Papers_, 1714-1719, issued...
13. CHAPTER IV."Thomas Norton was appointed Remembrancer of the city of London in 1570, and directions were given to him that 'he shall gather together and reduce the same [the Bookes] into In...
17. Part I., 1876, p. 730.When the alphabetical arrangement is completed so far as the indexer considers it necessary for his purpose, it is time to think of the pasting down of the slips. This can be do...
9. CHAPTER I."I for my part venerate the inventor of Indexes; and I know not to whom to yield the preference, either to Hippocrates, who was the great anatomiser of the human body, or to tha...
10. CHAPTER II."It will thus often happen that the controversialist states his case first in the title-page; he then gives it at greater length in the introduction; again perhaps in a preface;...
12. Chapter VI.)It is not often that an English indexer has to index a French book, but should he do so he would often need to be careful. The Frenchman does not care to leave that which he doe...
16. CHAPTER VII."And thus by God's assistance we have finished our Table. Miraculous almost was the execution done by David on the Amalekites who saved neither man nor woman alive to bring tidi...
6. CHAPTER VI.Rules, with Explanations and Illustrations: (1) One Index to each Book; (2) One Alphabet; (3) Order of the English Alphabet; (4) Arrangement of Headings; (5) Arrangement of Fore...
14. CHAPTER V."Of all your talents you are a most amazing man at Indexes. What a flag too, do you hang out at the stern! You must certainly persuade people that the book overflows with matter...
7. CHAPTER VII.Hints as to the Making of an Index--Two Kinds of Index--Arrangement of Growing Indexes--Use of Cards, Paper Slips, or Foolscap--Indexer's Knowledge of the Book to be Indexed--Se...
3. CHAPTER III.Some of the Worst Indexes in Periodicals--Jewel's _Apology_--Classified in place of completely Alphabetical Indexes--Mr. Poole's Opinion of Indexes to Periodicals--Miss Hetherin...
4. CHAPTER IV.Difficulties of being Exact--Value of a Good Index--Scaliger, Nicolas Antonio, Pineda, Samuel Jeake--Carlyle on Indexless Books--Macaulay's Opinion of the Aim of an Index--Offic...
1. CHAPTER I.The So-called Evils of Index Learning--Glanville and Swift--Thomas Fuller's Defence of the Index--Advantages of saving the Brain by knowing where to find what is wanted--Dr. Joh...
11. CHAPTER III."At the laundress's at the Hole in the Wall in Cursitor's Alley up three pair of stairs, the author of my Church history--you may also speak to the gentleman who lies by him in...
2. CHAPTER II.Leigh Hunt's Good Word for Indexes--Indexes to _Tatler_ and _Spectator_, and _The Athenian Oracle_--Table of Contents to Shenstone's _Schoolmistress_--Index to _Biglow Papers_--...
5. CHAPTER V.8. CHAPTER VIII.