. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. Sermons and Theological Works. Voyages and Travels. The first printed catalogue I can discover, is dated January, 1828. I donot think there was an earlier one. It contains the by-laws and a list of the officers and members. It would be obviously absurd to attempt to draw any comparison between this catalogue andone issued by a modern Library ; in itstime it was no doubt regarded as a verycreditable piece of work. Later catalogues Ihave seen are those for the years 1834 and1836. One glance at these old cataloguesmakes it evident that the t
. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. Sermons and Theological Works. Voyages and Travels. The first printed catalogue I can discover, is dated January, 1828. I donot think there was an earlier one. It contains the by-laws and a list of the officers and members. It would be obviously absurd to attempt to draw any comparison between this catalogue andone issued by a modern Library ; in itstime it was no doubt regarded as a verycreditable piece of work. Later catalogues Ihave seen are those for the years 1834 and1836. One glance at these old cataloguesmakes it evident that the titles of thebooks then performed their original andintended function. For cataloguing pur-poses, a book was then known and describedexclusively bv its title. The author wasdisregarded entirelv, unless his namehappened to stand first in the title, ,The Voyages of Captain Cook are enteredunder Voyages—not under History of New South Wales is given under History —there isno entry under either Lang or New South Wales. Sir Walter Scotts B. JUDGE THERRY. Committeeman, 1831-2, 1834-7, & 1839-40. 12 THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF novels are entered under Sir—not under Scott. In realitv, it is analphabetical!}- arranged inventory, without location numbers or distinguish-ing classification marks, of the abbreviated titles by which the books werefamiliarly known to the Librarian—in other words, the germ of the moderndictionary catalogue. In July, 1835, Governor Bourke, in answer to a request for theconveyance of the promised deed of grant, suggested that the Government
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