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 III. Various classes of books excepted from the preceding rules.

(a) The Old and New Testament and their component parts are entered under the general heading Bible, with the addition of sub-headings for the separate books or groups of books and for the two Testaments.

(b) Works officially published, not merely subsidised, by learned societies are entered under the general heading Academies, &c., followed by the name of the town or country in which the society holds its meetings, and the name of the society. Cross-references are, however, made from the heading, which the book would have required if it had not been published by an "Academy."

(c) Reviews, magazines, newspapers, journals, gazettes, annuals, and all other works of a similar character, are entered under the general heading Periodical Publications, followed by the name of the place of publication.

(d) All Almanacs, calendars, &c., are entered under the general heading Ephemerides ; anonymous catalogues, not bearing the name of any institution or other owner, under Catalogues; anonymous dictionaries (including lexicons and vocabularies) of any description except encyclopaedias, under Dictionaries; encyclopaedias, even when containing the name of their editor, under Encyclopaedias; all directories in the same manner, under Directories.

(e) All Orders of Divine Service put forth by authority, such as Missals, Breviaries, Horse, the Book of Common Prayer, the Agenda of the Lutheran Church, and their component parts, are entered under the general heading Liturgies, followed by the name of the Church putting them forth, and of the Order, Diocese, &c., in which their use is enjoined.

The preceding rules and notes provide for the