Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER I. THE AIMS AND THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF THIS STUDY -- CHAPTER II. THE MEANING OF THE TERMS ‘FUNCTION’ AND ‘OBJECT’ OF AUTHOR-TITLE CATALOGUING -- CHAPTER III. A BRIEF HISTORICAL OUTLINE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE AUTHOR-TITLE CATALOGUE -- CHAPTER IV. THE FIRST FUNCTION I: THE RECORDING OF ‘BOOKS’ -- CHAPTER V. THE FIRST FUNCTION II: ELEMENTAL OBJECTS OTHER THAN ‘BOOKS’ -- CHAPTER VI. THE SECOND FUNCTION: THE RECORDING OF ‘WORKS’ -- CHAPTER VII. THE THIRD FUNCTION: THE RECORDING OF PERSONS’ AND BODIES’ ‘OEUVRES’ -- APPENDIX I. HAS IT NOT BEEN UNWARRANTABLE TO RESTRICT THE SCOPE OF THIS INQUIRY TO STANDARD CATALOGUING ONLY? -- APPENDIX II. CLASSIFICATION OF CATALOGUE ENTRIES ACCORDING TO THEIR OBJECTS -- APPENDIX III. RECAPITULATION OF THE DEFINITIONS OF THE THREE FUNCTIONS OF STANDARD CATALOGUING -- REPERTORY OF THE DEFINITIONS OR EXPLANATIONS OF NEWLY INTRODUCED TERMS AND OF TERMS EMPLOYED DIFFERENTLY FROM PREVAILING USAGE