wo references, the Committee have included both sets of
works under the same arrangement, distinguishing those which are the
property of the Corporation . . . by a prominent and appropriate
designation," i.e., the letters C. L. in black letter. This catalogue is
a classified catalogue with the following nine classes, seven of which
are subdivided, and the arrangement in each class is alphabetical by
authors' names: I. Theology; II. Ethics, Metaphysics, and Logic; III.
Sciences and the Arts; IV. Jurisprudence, Government, and Politics; V.
History and Biography; VI. Geography, Topography, Voyages and Travels;
VII. Polite Literature and Philology; VIII. Poetry and Dramatic Works,
Novels and Romances; IX. Transactions of Literary and Scientific
Societies, Reviews, Magazines and Reports.

A new edition of the Public Library Catalogue was published in 1847, the
arrangement being the same as in the preceding one.

The Library books having been repaired in 1879 and 1880, the City
Committee decided in 1882 to issue a new catalogue, with the view of
making the books accessible to the citizens. The work of compiling the
catalogue was entrusted to Mr. Frederic Kitton, Hon. F.R.M.S., an eminent
microscopist of his day, who resided in Norwich for many years, but who
apparently had no bibliographical knowledge or library experience. This
appointment was made in the days when it was the common fashion to regard
the work of compiling a library catalogue as within the capacity of any
intelligent person; whereas there are, in fact, many rules to be
observed, and much practical experience is necessary if the thousand and
one pitfalls which beset the path of the cataloguer are to be avoided.
The catalogue {50a} was on much more ambitious lines than its
predecessors, and the compiler claimed to "have carefully copied the
title pages, retaining their abbreviations, antique spelling,
inaccuracies, or other peculiarities." An examination of it, however,
shows that it abounds in inaccuracies, and exhibits most of the errors
that can be made in an author catalogue. A catalogue of the City Library
compiled in accordance with modern bibliographical practice is still a
desideratum.

THE QUARTERS OF THE LIBRARY.

The first home of the Library, as stated on page 4, was parcel of the
dwelling house of Jerrom Goodwyne, the sword-bearer of the City. This
house was built over the south porch of the Church of the Black Friars,
now kn