The author's name in this entry is according to the title-page, but a full catalogue will either give it in full--Charles William George St. John--or with initials, as Charles W. G. St. John.
In the sorting of this and similar entries for alphabetical order, the procedure of taking the prefix as part of, and one with, the name following does not apply. The others were regarded as Fitzg, Macc, Apj, and Obr respectively, but in this case the "St.," besides being taken as "Saint" in full, stands isolated from the rest of the name, when it falls into place among all names with a similar prefix and then in the alphabetical order of the main name. Accordingly St. John, or Saint-Simon, or Saint-Yves come _before_ Sainta or Sainte-Beuve.
Before proceeding further, these books may be completed for the dictionary catalogue and assigned their places in the classified.
=Songs=: Fitz-Gerald, S. J. A. Stories of famous songs. 1898
If but a single book appears on the subject a title-entry suffices
Songs, Famous, Stories of. Fitz-Gerald, S. J. A. 1898
Songs, Stories of famous. Fitz-Gerald, S. J. A. 1898 =Richelieu, Cardinal=: McCabe, J. The Iron Cardinal. 1909
In full form catalogues the heading can be given at length
=Richelieu, Armand-Jean Du Plessis=, _Cardinal_ (1585-1642).
The title "The Iron Cardinal" must be so given, and not as "The iron cardinal," although it may be a fanciful title made use of by this author alone.
=Gladstone, William Ewart=: Ap John, L. Gladstone: his life and times. 1887
In arranging the order it is the correct and better plan to put the books _by_ a person before those _upon_ him, and it is an advantage to print the latter in smaller type. The books in the extract from the Manchester catalogue given on pages 11 and 12 would be better arranged in this order:--
GLADSTONE (W. E.) Gleanings of past years. -- Homer. -- Impregnable Rock of Holy Scripture.
Biography of, by Russell. Biography of, by Smith. Character of. Essay on, by Brown.
This meagre, telegraphese style of catalogue can never be satisfactory, so it is not surprising to learn that Mr. C. W. Sutton, the Manchester Librarian, has superseded it by the classified form.
=Ireland=: _History._ O'Grady, S. The story of Ireland. 1894