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Il nous a du moins légué ses ouvrages, qui renferment des trésors de recherches et de documents; il nous a légué aussi son souvenir, celui d’un bibliographe actif, ingénieux, infatigable; celui d’un biographe minutieux, patient, intrépide; celui d’un homme de cœur, d’un homme de conviction, d’un honnête homme, d’un excellent homme. _Bulletin du Bouquiniste, 15 Déc., 1865. Paris: Aubry, 1865; 8ᵛᵒ; p. 655 et seq._

* * * * *

A name as familiar to the lovers of literature in England as in France. With regard to the extent and utility of his biographic and bibliographic productions, I can scarcely point out his compeer; and it grieves me to reflect that so devoted a prompter to writers of all classes should leave the world with no other consolation than the certainty of future fame! BOLTON CORNEY in _Notes and Queries, 3rd S., VIII., 517_.

FOOTNOTES:

[55] “Les monographies insérées par moi dans mes divers ouvrages sont celles de: CORDAY (Charl.), le Q. II, p. 440;—DUMAS (Alex.) Sup. 1;—FALLOUX (Le vicomte de), le Q. II, p. 241;—GŒTHE, IBID., II, p. 164; GUIZOT (La famille), IBID., II, p. 608;—INSTITUT (L’), IBID., II, 317;—LAMENNAISE, (l’abbé de), Sup., t. III;—LOUIS XVII (les faux), IBID., t. III;—MARAT, le Q. II, p. 489;—MARGUERITE D’AUTRICHE, IBID., II, p. 163;—MARIE-ANTOINETTE (la reine), IBID., II, p. 401;—RICHELIEU (le card. et le mar.), Fr. litt. XII;—ROBESPIERRE (les), IBID., XII;—ROUMANIE (la), Moldavie, Valachie et Transylvanie (ancienne Dacie), la Servie, Montenegro et Bosnie, le Q. II, p. 567;—ROUSSEAU (J. J.), Fr. litt., VIII, 179;—SAND (G.), Sup. IV;—STAEL Holstein (les), le Q., II, 506;—THOMAS À KEMPIS, Sup. IV, 481. Nomenclature de quatre-vingt-onze ouvrages sur la question de l’auteur de l’imitation de J.-C.;—VOLTAIRE, Fr. litt., X. Parmi beaucoup d’autre monographies disposées pour l’impression, je citerai celles de ABAILARD, ABD-EL-KADER, ANAS ET LEURS SIMILAIRES (les), ARTISANS POÈTES (les), BONALD (les de), MAISTRE (les de), etc., etc.” See a note by Quérard in DE LA BIB. GEN., (XXVIII,) p. 22.

[56-57] This title is incorrectly quoted. See No. (X.) The writer must have taken it from his namesake’s (J.-C. Brunet) MANUEL.

A LIST OF TECHNICAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TERMS, AFTER PIERQUIN DE GEMBLOUX.

ADULTERISM.—Name altered or adulterated, as Veyrat (Verat), d’Alembert (Dalembert), de Foe (Defoe).[1]

ALLONYM (ALLONYMOUS).—False proper name. Work published in order to deceive, under the name of some author, or person of reputation, but not by him, as Peter Parley, (Annual).[2]

ALPHABETISM.—As A B C—X Y Z. Frequently used.

ANAGRAM (ANAGRAMMATIC).—The letters of the name or names arbitrarily inverted,[3] with or without meaning, as d’Erquar (Quérard), de Ravanne (de Varenne), Riand Jhevey (Jean Divry), Yomns (Simon).

ANANYM.—See Boustrophedon.

ANONYM (ANONYMOUS).—Book without a name on the title-page. Strictly speaking, a book would not be an anonym if the author’s name were to be found anywhere in it; but a book is generally considered anonymous if there is no name on the title-page.

APOCONYM.—Name deprived of one or more initial letters.

APOCRYPHAL.—Book whose author is uncertain.

ARISTONYM.—Title of nobility, converted into or used as a proper name.

ASCETONYM.—The name of a Saint used as a proper name: Saint-Jean, (la mère Angélique de), (i.e., Angélique d’Arnauld d’Andilly).

ASTERISM.—One or more asterisks or stars used as a name, as S*** ****** ****** D.C.L. (Experiences of a Barrister. Lond., 1856).

AUTONYM (AUTONYMOUS).—Book published with the author’s real name.

BOUSTROPHEDON (—YM—ISM).—The real name written backwards, as John Dralloc (Collard).[4]

CRONOGRAM.—Where the date is expressed by letters. In Lowndes’ BIB. MAN. 1843, this is improperly spelled “cronogam,” repeated in the last edition. See Tisdale, R.

CRYPTONYM (CRYPTONYMOUS).—Hidden, subterfuge. Applied to authors who disguise or alter their names; but more particularly to those who disguise it by transposing the letters so as to form another name, which is the anagram of the real name.

DEMONYM.—Popular or ordinary qualification or description taken as a proper name, as an Amateur, a Bibliophile.

ENIGMATIC-PSEUDONYM.—As (Bibliothèque Bibliophilo-Facétieuse, éditée par) les frères Gébéodé, (i.e., Gustave Brunet and Octave Delpierre,) thus: G[ustave,] é b[runet]é, o[ctave,] d[elpierre]e.[5]

GEONYM.—Name of Country, Town, or Village, as an Englishman, (frequently used) a Londoner, de Gembloux (Pierguin).

HAGIONYM.—The name of a Saint taken as a proper name.

HIERONYM.—Sacred name used as a proper name.

INITIALISM.—Only the initials of the real author, as R. B. (Brathwaite), T. B. (Brewer).[6] S. E. B. (Sir E. Bridges).

IRONYM.—Ironical name, as Satyricon (Blondet, D.M.)

PHARMACONYM.—The name of a substance or material taken for a proper name, as Trognon de chou (cabbage-stump), i.e., Barre, dessinateur de Lille.

PHRASEONYM.—A phrase used instead of a proper name, as Ecrlinf (écrasons l’infâme), a Gentleman of great learning and understanding.

PHRENONYM.—Moral quality taken for a proper name, as John Search (Archbishop Whately and others have used this phrenonym), Benedick Whipem,[7] Alethenos (Hardinge Furenzo Ivres).[8] This kind of pseudonym is very popular, as Justitia, etc., etc.

POLYNYM.—Work by several authors.

PRENONYM.—Name taking the place of the family name.

PSEUDANDRY.—Woman signing a man’s name: as, Bob Short (A. L. Barbauld), John Search (Miss Austin).

PSEUDO-INITIALISM.—False initials, or not the initials of the author’s name.

PSEUDOJYN.—Man signing a woman’s name, as Clara Gazul (P. Mérimée), Sarah Search (F. Nolan).

PSEUDO-TITLONYM.—False quality or title, as a Lincolnshire Grazier (T. H. Horne).

SCENONYM.—Theatrical name of author or actor, as Edmund Falconer, (O’Rourke).

SIDERONYM.—Celestial or astronomical name.

STIGMONYM.—Dots instead of name.

SYNCOPISM.—Name deprived of several letters.

TELONISM.—The terminal letters of the real name, as N. S. (John Anstis).

TITLONYM.—Quality or title taken instead of a proper name, as an Academicien, a Barrister, a Member of Parliament, Saint-Cyran, (l’abbé de), J. Daverger (de Hauranne, abbé de.)

TRANSLATIONYM.—A translation of the real name, as Books Nabonag, (“Books” is a translation, and “Nabonag” an anagram; i.e., Le comte Georges Libri Bagnano.) G. Forrest (Rev. J. G. Wood), Theodore de la Garde (Nathaniel Ward. See NOTES AND QUERIES, 3 S., xi., 237).

FOOTNOTES:

[1] We have been frequently obliged to give instances of French names, not that there is a paucity of English ones, but they did not come to mind. All the French names will be found in the _Supercheries_, where one or two other words are used besides those given in this list.

[2] A gross imposition; S. G. Goodrich having had nothing to do with this, and fifty others published under his pseudonym of Peter Parley.

[3] Il est permis de changer une lettre, pourvu que l’anagramme soit heureuse; car au fond, c’est un pauvre métier. _Namure Man. du Bibliothécaire. 1834, 8ᵛᵒ; p. 76._

[4] The length of this word—frequently used by Quérard—we think a great drawback to its adoption, we much prefer “Ananym.” Any name will be better than a phrase which has hitherto been the only method English bibliographers have described this kind of pseudonym by.

[5] London, 1852, sm. 8ᵛᵒ; xii, 116, only 60 copies printed for sale.

[6] Both wrote under their initials, a very common practice in earlier times. Mr. Hazlitt in his _Hand-book_, 1867, does not give cross references from either of these, perhaps he considered them sufficiently known.

[7] “New Nobility,” a novel. 1867.

[8] “The Audibleness of Thought Demonstrated, and its use explained.” 2 edit. By Alethinos. Lond.: J. PAUL, 1866. 12mo.

INDEX.

ABAILARD, a monograph ready for the press, 41

Abbreviations, few used in this book, 8

Académie, articles on, 21

Accuracy, one of chief essentials of bibliography, 38

Adulterism, 47

A’KEMPIS, Thomas, 41

Allemagne, Q. a clerk in Germany, 43, 44

ALLIBONE S. AUSTIN, his Crit. Dict. of Eng. Lit., a splendid work, 20

Allonym—ous, 47

Alphabetism, 47

Americans, The, good catalographs, 21

—— —— join in Q. subscription, 33, and Note 45.

Anagram, 31, 47

Anagrammes, des, 46

Ananym, 27

Anas et leur similaires (les), 41

ANDRÉ AIMÉ, 15

Anonyms, Dict. of English, a desiratum, 21

Anonym, 47

Anonymes, dictionary of, 45

Apoconym, 47

Apocryphal, 47

ARCET, J.-P.-J., 19

Aristonym, 47

AROUET DE VOLTAIRE, 24, 40, 41

Artisans poètes, les, monograph ready for the press, 41

Ascetonym, 47

ASSEZAT, J., 1, 43

Astéronymes, des, 26

Astor Library, New York, 33

Athenæum, The, no general index to, great literary want, (and the
Athenæum reproached the Edinburgh Review for remissness in not
keeping up its indexes!), 16

—— The, 21

—— (l’) Français, a trade publication, organ of the Chartists, 16

AUBRY, M. the publisher, 46

AUDOT, M., 15

Austria, Q. sent to, 9, 33

Auteurs apocryphes, les, the title of the first (four) parts of the
SUPERCHERIES, 24

—— déguisés, les, a pamphlet by Q., 19
(Chiefly taken from his notes in the MONITEUR (No. VIII.) &
the Bibliothécaire (No. IX). He had collected upwards of
6000 articles for this work. 186 of the articles were first
published in the REVUE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE.)

Autonym—ous, 27, 37, 47

B. DU B. B., an abbreviation for Bulletin du Bibliophile Belge.

BABOU, H., ignorance of, with regard to biographical arrangement, 17

BAILLIÈRE, J.-B., 33, 34

BAJOT, M., notice of, 30

BALZAC, H., on the family of, 31

BARBIER, A.-A., the celebrated author of the Dictionnaire des
anonymes et pseudonymes, 19, 45

BEAUMARCHAIS, 11

Belgians, 33

Bibliograph, indiscretions of an old, 31

Bibliographical knowledge, 37

Bibliographical studies, the English too inattentive to, 3

Bibliographie de la France ou journal général de l’imprimerie et de
la librairie, a journal or bookseller’s catalogue, published
under different titles since 1810. (See L. F. L., xi., 285.), 28

Bibliographie, Générale, de la, a rather caustic pamphlet addressed
to J.-C. Brunet by Q., 35

Bibliographie la Mennaisienne, a monograph by Q., 28

Bibliographie, moderne, 12

—— its origin, 13

—— universelle, nouvel manuel de, 29

Bibliographiques, notice des travaux, de Q., 29

Bibliography, generally uninteresting, an Exception, 23

—— impossible to follow it as a profession profitably, 37

—— technical terms in, 31

—— will be raised from its present neglected condition, 7

Bibliologue, le, a journal edited by Q., 14, 18
(a specimen was issued in 1832.)

BIBLIOPHILE JACOB (_Pseud._) Lacroix. P., 1

Bibliophiles, Clubs of English, 31

Bibliotheca Bibliographica, 20

—— —— full title, 31

—— want of an English, 19

Bibliothécaire, (See Encyclopédie).

—— le, 19

Bibliothécaires not Bibliographes, 11

Bibliothèque du Libraire &c., 12

—— Impériale, 11

—— —— none of its librarians subscribed for Q.—very unpatriotic
and mean, 33

—— —— publique de Saint-Pétersbourg, 30

—— Royale, ridiculous blunder in catalogue of, 11

Bibliothèques, Publiques en France, 44

BLOCQUEL (Simon), 31

BOHN, H. G. his new edition of Lowndes, 19, 37

BOISSONADE M., de l’Institut, 13

BOLINGBROKE, Lord, 19

Books, state of, before printing, 31

BOSSANGE H., printer, 33, 34

—— —— A few words about, 36

BOUDOT, l’abbé, 44

Bouquiniste, Bulletin du, 46

BOURQUELOT, F., 15

—— —— blunders of, 16, 29

—— —— errors of (see Le Quérard l. 268.)

Boustrophedon, 26, 47
Q. also uses “Anastrophe.”
See the _Supercheries_, Nos. [7479] and [7527].

BOVET, F., 13

BRIDEL, les, 31

BRIDGMAN, R. W., on Bibliography, 3

British Museum, great knowledge possessed by its officers, 10

British Museum, the library, of the greatest service to the author,
desire of librarians to help students, 8

British Museum catalogues, an extraordinary work,—defects,—facility
of references—the immense number of volumes (altogether about
2000), 21

—— —— librarians, subscribed for Q., 33

BRUNET, G. of Bordeaux, incorrectly quotes the titles of Q’s. works,
42
(In this gentleman’s work, entitled: “La France littéraire au XVe
siècle, ou catalogue raisonné des ouvrages en tout genre, imprimés
en langue française jusqu’à l’an 1500. Paris, 1865.” A curious
error occurs. Having occasion to mention “White Knights” the
seat of the Duke of Marlborough he translates it “Le Chevalier
blanc” (see preface.)

—— J.-C., 17, 19

—— —— his “Manuel”, 22, 42

—— ——, 29

—— —— did not join in Q.’s, subscription, the latter alleges from
spite, 33, 35

—— —— a short life of, 36.

BUCKLE, H. Introduction to the Hist. of Civilization in England,
numerous notes in this great work, 32

Bulletin du Bibliophile Belge, first published under the direction of
the Baron de Reiffenberg, at Bruxelles, in 1845; and in 1855,
under that of A. Scheler, 33

Bulletin du Bouquiniste, 46

BURKE, Edmund, his literary deception with regard to Bolingbroke, 19

CAGLIOSTRO, Joseph Balsamo, dit le comte Alexandre, de Palerme, 24

CAPITAINE, U., 13

CAPPERONNIER, l’abbé, 44

Catalogue, the great, of the British Museum, a splendid work, (see
British Museum.), 5

—— of the French dramatic agents, 24

CATHERINE of Russia, 24

CHAMBERS, Robert, Biog. of Em.: Scotchmen, 10

CHANTELAUZE, R., refuted, 34

CHASLES, P., on English pseudonyms, 19

CHATTERTON, Thomas, 19

CHERBULIEZ, Joel, (note 47.), 48

CHRIST, JESUS, nomenclature of 91 works on the question of the author
of the imitation of, 41

Chronological arrangement of titles advocated, 21

COLOMB, Paul, 18

Contemporains, Dictionnaire des, 43

Coquettes, le portraits des, poem par d’Hérouard de Boisserain,
Londres, 1775, 31

CORDAY D’ARMONT, Marie-Anne-Charlotte, a monograph, 31, 41

CORNEY, Bolton, Allibone’s Dict.: supplies a desideratum he pointed
out, 20

—— —— his critique on the New Gen. Biog. Dict., by Rose, 32

—— —— his valuable estimation of Quérard, 46

COUDRAY, le comte Falloux du, 31, 41

Covers of the parts of Q.’s works should be preserved in binding, 23

Cryptonym, 26, 31, 47

Cryptonymes, des, 26

Cronogram, 47

Cross of the Legion of Honor, Quérard applied for, 7, 22, 35

CURMER, L., 31

Danes, the, 33

DAGUIN, F., publisher, 15

—— —— his defence—bankrupt, 16

—— —— publisher of la Litt. Française C.—Bankrupt—dispute with Q.,
27

—— —— harshness and insolence, 28, 29

D’ALEMBERT, J. le Rond, 24, 47

Débats, Journal des, quoted, 43

DE BONALD, les, 41

DE COURCHAMP, M., 24

DE FALLOUX, le vicomte, 31, 41

DE COURTIÈRE, biblioth., 13

DEFOE, D., 19, 47

DELHASSE, F., 13

DE MAISTRE, le comte, 41

DE MANNE, E., 34

—— —— a most careless bibliograph, 35

Demonym, 47

Demotique, le, 11

DENIS F., his “Bibliographie Universelle”, 29

D’ERQUAR, M.-Jozon, anagram (Quérard.), 1, 47

—— letter from, in Le Q., 31

—— writes life of Q., 34

DE GRAVE, C.-J., 31

DE SACY, Silvestre, 35, 45

DE STACY (an error for SACY), 35

DE STAEL, Madame Anne-Louise-G. Necker, baronne de Stael-Holstein,
31

DE VITRY, Aubert, on Voltaire, 15

DICKENS, C., fautes d’impression (printers’ errors), 31

Dictionnaire, des auteurs anonymes, &c., 42

—— des auteurs déguisés, 42

—— des ouvrages Polyonymes, (Le Quérard II. 41. gives the price of
the parts at 2 francs 25 cent. each. L. P. copies 4 francs 50
cent.), 20

DIDEROT, Denis, 24

DIDOT, F., 17

—— Messrs., the celebrated publishers, 33, 34

DUMAS DAVY, de la Pailleterie (Alexandre) the Elder, long article on
this celebrated author in the Supercheries, 24, 25, 26

—— ——, 41
(See also Le Quérard I. 538. II. 399ⁿ 438.)

Écrivains pseudonymes, Vol. XI of L. F. L. 13., the preface signed C.
P., 14, 16, 27, 38

EDWARDS, Edward, his pseudonym Memoirs of libraries, a laborious and
very useful compilation, 31

Encyclopédie, du Bibliothécaire, 7

—— —— —— importance of, 11

—— —— —— prospectus, 29

—— —— —— extracts from, 31, 34, 40, 43, 46

English bibliophiles, 31

—— literature, a work like L. F. L. wanted on, one that will
supply the requirements of students, irrespective of commercial
interests, 26

—— name, scarcely one in Q.’s subscription, 33

—— pseudonyms, 19, 27

Enigmatic pseudonym, 48

ENSOR, G., “The Independent Man,” 2 Vols. 1808, 32

FALCONER, E. (Scenonym) i. e. O’Rourke, 48

FAUBLAS, adventures of, 31

FEUILLET, L., 18

FIORENTINO, Signor. Author of Monte Christo, 25

FORREST, G. (translationym i.e. Wood.) editor of “Every-Boy’s Book”,
48

FORTOUL, Hippolyte, promises Q. a librarianship, but dies, 32

Fortsas, the catalogue, 31

FOUDRAS, Marquess of, 20

France, La, 10

France Littéraire, La. First published under the title of
“Bibliographie Moderne,” and when Q. was totally unknown. (To
his great detriment, the publishers made the first edition
1600 copies, which have not been sold off in forty years, thus
rendering a second edition impossible (see No. XXVIII., p.
17). After the publication of the above first part, so many
alterations were suggested that Q. cancelled and republished
it under the title of “La France Littéraire,” (see Biblio. de
la France—Pillet Ainé—for 1827.) The large paper copies (p.
13) were not for sale. The parts of the work were published
quarterly. The 10 vols. sell at 120 francs. Vols. xi. and xii.
form a sort of index and revision of Quérard’s works, and a
supplement up to their dates. With the prospectus of vol. xii.
two pages for substitution were issued in 1857, which also
contained several pages (4-6) of errors and omissions of L. L.
F. C. These two vols. sell at 60 francs.)

France Litt., La, number of authors it contains, 7

—— —— —— Q.’s great work, tolerable guarantee of capacity, 10, 11

—— —— —— circulation, 12

—— —— —— the author of, and Poltoratzky, 17

—— —— —— English work like it a desideratum, 19

—— —— —— every literary student obliged to consult it, 39, 40, 42

—— —— ——, 32

—— —— —— “a Martyr,” &c. from, 34

—— —— —— les Robespierre from, 35

France, on the Academies of, 31

FROBERVILLE, Eug. de, 13

Gaellique, la, 11

GARNEAU, F. X. biography of, 31

GAULLIER, E. H. A. a Monograph, 34

GÉBÉODÉ, library of the brothers, (p. 63, Vol. 1 of Le Quérard), 31

Geonym, as An Englishman. (If a Frenchman were to sign this it would
be a Pseudo-geonym), 48

GEORGE, (this is an error for Gregoire) de Tours, 31

German bibliothecas, 13

Germans, the, good catalographs, 22

—— join in Q. subscription, 33

GLOVER, Mr., his collection for a work on anonyms and pseudonyms, 21

GŒTHE, J. W. von, 41

GOODRICH, S. G. (the celebrated American author, see Allibone’s
critical Dictionary 1859), 47

Greffes et Glanes, a title Q. intended for a dictionary of
contemporary writers, 41

Grenvilliana—the Grenville library, 31

GRILLE, Fr., 14

GROSE, N. P., life of by Cadrès, criticised by Q., 34

GUICHARD, J. M., 19

—— —— his criticism on Brunet’s Manuel, 35, 36

GUIZOT, F.-P.-G., la famille, 34

—— —— monograph, 34, 41
(Le Quérard 608 not 601.)

Guizot, M., allows Q. 1000 francs a year, 12, 32

GULLIVER, Lem., Travels improperly catalogued, 16

Hagionym, 48

HALKETT, S., of the Advocate’s Library, Edinburgh, 21

HAZLITT, W. Carew, Bibliograph and Barrister-at-Law, condemns
Lowndes’ Bibliographers’ Manuel, in his “Hand-book to the
popular, poetical, and dramatic Litt. of Great Britain, from
the invention of printing to the Restoration. 1867. 8ᵛᵒ.”, 20
(Though the word does not occur on the title-page, this is a most
accurate bibliographical work, done most conscientiously. The
author, doubtless, had very good reasons for confining it to
the dreadful dryness attaching to such works when uncombined
with biography.)

Hieronym, 48

Hugo, V., 41

Imperial Library, its officers inattentive. Open 10 to 3. Books not
supplied after ½ past 2, 10

—— —— inefficient keeper of, 11

Impostors, the three, 31

Indépendance, l’, Belge, a newspaper published in Bruxelles, 11

Ingolstadt, Jesuits of, 31

Initialism, 48

Institut, l’, 41

Ironym, 48

Italiens, The, 33

JACOB, (bibliophile) _Pseud._ See Lacroix, P.

JOHNSON, Dr. Samuel, Q. takes a motto from him, 12

JONES, J. Winter, 33

Journal des Débats, 35, 43

Journal des Savants does not notice Q.’s works, (except once in a
short article, in Oct., 1834.), 17

KADER, Abd-el, a monograph ready for the press, 41

KENNET, White. His “Register and Chronicle,” quoted, 3

KORFF, le Baron de, 34
(Letter to Q. mentioned in No. XXVIII.)

LACROIX, Paul, 1

—— letter from, sympathising with Q. and promising his support, 11

——, 43, 44

LA MENNAIS, l’abbé de, character, monograph, 28, 40

LA MENNAIS, 41

LAMOUREUX J., 14

LANDOR, this is a misprint for Lauder, 19

Lapsus calami, slip of the pen, 18

LAUDER, William, calumniator of Milton, 19

LELONG, P., Bibliothèque Historique, 20

LENORMANT, Ch., 18

LETRONNE, M., 18

Librarians, and bibliographers, 10

—— not bibliographs, 11

—— badly remunerated, 22

Librarianship, Q. applied for one, 7

Libraries, memoirs of, or a hand-book of library economy, 2 vols.
1859, 8ᵛᵒ., by E. Edwards, 31

—— of London, 31

—— state of, before printing, 31

Literary frauds, 19, 23

—— deceits, a work on English wanted, 26

Literature, Crit. Dict. of English, 20

—— Curiosities of, illustrated, 20

Littérature Française Contemporaine, la, a mercantile speculation,
16, 17, 27
(Only the first vol. should bear Quérard’s name, when bound,
he always repudiated the mass of errors and absurdities which
the men who continued this work fell into. The first part was
printed in 1840, but by the tardiness of the publishers it was
not finished till 1842.)

—— —— —— —— arbitration about,—Q. loses, and is condemned in costs,
&c., and to supply the publisher with materials under penalty
of forfeiting 100 francs a day. The publisher to be at liberty
to keep Q.’s name to it. (A report of the case will be found in
_Le Droit_, 27 Sept. 1844), 15

—— —— —— ——, 39
(We observe that a French bookseller, O. Lorenz, is publishing a
“Catalogue Général de la Lib. Franç. pendant 25 ans (1840 à 1865).”
Paris, 1865; 8ᵛᵒ.)

LONGPRÉ, Moucherat, de, 30

LOUANDRE, Ch., 15

—— blunders of, exposed by Q., 16

——, 29

LOWNDES, W. T., Bibliographer’s Manual more of a commercial than a
literary work. H. G. Bohn’s new edit. 1857, 37

LOYER, P. le, 31

Lyon, la société littéraire, de, 35

MACPHERSON, J., 19

MAGNIN, C., 18

MAIMBOURG, le Père Louis, 31

MANCEL, George, 14

MANNE, E. de, 13

Manuel du Libraire of Brunet, 33

MARAT, J.-P., 31

—— le, 41

MARGUERITE, d’Autriche, 31, 41

MARIE-ANTOINETTE, d’Autriche, 31, 40, 41

MARTIN, G., the great catalograph, 44, 45

Martyr, a, to Bibliography, 33, 34

Maskirte, literatur die, 31

MATHIAS, T. J., his remarks upon a want of worldliness applied to Q.,
32

MECÆNAS, Q.’s name for S. Poltoratzky, 17

MÉCÈNE, (pseud.) Poltoratzky, 19

Mémoires d’un Médecin, Les, 26

Memoirs of a Young Lady, written by herself; mentioned by Q. though
he does not give the date, size, &c., 11

MERCIER, Abbé, 14

MERLIN, M., editor of the catalogue of Silvestre de Sacy, 45

MIDAS, the fable of, alluded to, 23

MONTAGU, Basil, his long notes, 32

MONTAIGNE, Michael de, 31

Monte Christo, the novel, 25, 26

Moscow librarian subscribes for Q., 33

Mousquetaires, les trois, 26

Moniteur, the, newspaper, 30

Moniteur, le, de la Librairie, journal edited by Q., 18

Monographs, by Q., 14, 28, 30, 34, (Note 55.), 35, 36, 41

NAMUR, Manuel du Bibliothécaire, 47

NAUDET, M., 18

New Nobility, a novel. London. NEWBY, 1867. 8ᵛᵒ., 3 vols., 48

NISARD, Désiré, 18

Notes and Queries commended, pseudonyms in, 27, 31, 46

Notes (foot), some writers very fond of, 32

OLD NICK, (ironym) Forgues, F. C., 20

Omissions et bévues of L. L. F. C., 29
(According to “Le Quérard,” this was published at 2 f. 50 c. Our
title we believe not to be quite correct. This pamphlet points
out no less than 788 errors or omissions for the second half of
the 2nd vol.! There was no necessity for Q. to threaten to kill
a book like this; it kills itself.)

P., M. S., (initialism) Monsieur Serge Poltoratzky, Q.’s quarrel
with, 36

PANIZZI, Antonio, late the principal librarian of the British Museum,
this book dedicated to, without permission, 5

—— —— his evidence on the unfitness of certain men for librarians,
10

—— —— meets Q. Praiseworthy effort to retain him for the British
Museum, 18

—— —— insane prejudice against him. His efforts to perfect our
library (note 11), 18

—— ——, 33

PANCKOUCKE, article on the writers of this name cancelled In L. F.
L., and a less severe one inserted, 14
(Under Panckoucke, Q. reveals the kind of indignities that some
authors have to encounter. It seems that when he was looking about
for a publisher for L. F. L., Panckoucke was base enough to offer
to publish it, but under his own name only. The feelings of Q.,
who was then a youthful enthusiast, at such a proposition can be
imagined.)

Paris, the capital of France, 9

Parisian booksellers offer support, 17

PARLEY, Peter, (_pseud._) S. G. Goodrich, English publishers availed
themselves in the most dishonest manner of the popularity of
this writer, 47

P., C., (pseudo-initialism) the preface to vol xi. of La France
Litt. signed, 14

PEIGNOT, E. Gabriel, Manuel du bibliophile ou traité du choix des
livres, his description of qualifications of a bibliograph, 38
(We might also refer the reader to De Bure’s Bib. Inst. X., p. xiv.)

Pérou, le Zombi du Grand, 31

PERQUIN, (Pierquin) C. C. de Gembloux, glossary of technical terms,
1, 47

PERRAULT, Ch., his fairy tales, 31

PETZHOLDT, DR. Julius, on Allibone’s Dict., 20

—— —— —— his excellent “Bibliotheca Bibliographica,” quoted, 20,
31, 35

Pharmaconym, 48

Philadelphians, many joined in Q.’s subscription, 33

PHILIPPE, Louis, King, 25

Philobiblion Society, 31

PHOTIUS (_pseud._) Quérard, 19

Phraseonym, 48

Phrenonym, 48

Pierquin [Perquin] de Gembloux, 1, 47

PINÇON, P., 29

Plagiats Reiffenbergiens, les, dévoilées, 30

Plaidoyer, the case between Q. and his publishers (XI.), 20

POLTORATZKY, Serge, 14

—— —— comes to Q.’s aid, edits “Le Bibliothécaire”, 17

—— ——, 28

—— —— notice of, 30

Polyonymes, 20

Polynym, 48

PRAET, Van, disposed to favor Q. character of, 11

Pseudandry, 48

Pseudo-initialism, 48

Pseudojyn, 48
(This is rather an awkward word, it would be better to coin some
other we think.)

Pseudonymes, see Écrivains, les

——, dictionary of, and the “Supercheries”, 45

Pseudonyms, 19

—— Dict. of, a desideratum, 21

—— character of, 27

Pseudo-titlonym, (titonym, an error), 48

QUÉRARD,—birth,—family education,—placed in trade—goes to Paris and
Austria, 9

—— quits Vienna to publish his Biblio. Moderne,—expectations, 10

—— character of La France Litt.—Van Praet,—“The memoirs,” by
Herself, 11

—— letter from Lacroix to Q., 11

—— applies for librarianship, vulgarity of the
librarian,—circulation of La France Littéraire,—the
Congregation of the Index—Berriat Saint Prix gets Q. government
aid, £40 a year, 12

—— conceives the idea of La France Litt., 13
Its character,—early copies should be sought after,—monographs, 14,
28, 30, 34, 35, 36, 41

—— arbitration between himself and Daguin, 15

—— award against him,—is deprived of La Litt. F.
Contemp.,—afterwards a purely mercantile speculation,—the use
of his name to the work allowed,—points out errors of, 16
Little encouragement from the press,—Q.’s Mecænas in
Poltoratzky,—patronises his publications,—the allowances
insufficient,—petition to the Minister, 17

—— petition,—makes an unfortunate error,—meets Mr. Panizzi of the
British Museum,—fails to get a place there,—the Sydenham
Society offer one,—refuses, 18

—— critique on his great work,—his remarks on English pseudonyms,
19

—— his intrepid character, 26

—— writes for the Cross of the Legion of Honor,—refused, 22

—— obtains it, 45

—— his talent for discovering and exposing literary frauds, 23
Article on Dumas, 24, 26
He refutes A. Vitu,—his friend the Baron de Reiffenberg, 25
2nd edit. of the _Supercheries_, 26
should be his own. Neglects his own affairs,—the publisher Daguin,
27
The quarrel with, 28
His project of a bibliographical Encyclopædia, 29

—— his works. The “Supercheries” stopped for two years,—printers
tired of him,—establishes “Le Quérard”, 30
His anagram, 1, 31, 47

—— petitions again for government aid, which is promised, 32
A subscription got up,—who subscribed. “The martyr”, 33
His ire at what he considered the jealousy and malevolence of J.-O.
Brunet in the last edit. of his “Manuel”, 35
His unfortunate disagreement with Poltoratzky, 36
The hopelessness of pursuing bibliography as a lucrative
profession, 37

—— his character,—his death, 39, 42

Quérard, le, a journal which Q. called after his own name, and edited
for two years, 2 vols., 20 francs, 30

RAT, le, (pseud. A. Vitu), 25

Reading Room of the British Museum, the printed rules of the
catalogue wanted, 21

REIFFENBERG, le baron de, 14

—— —— —— —— his literary deceits exposed, 25, 30

Retouches au nouveau dictionnaire de E. de Manne, by Q., 34

Rennes, (Ille-et-Vilaine) France, Q.’s birth-place, 9, 22, 29

Revue bibliographique, a review edited by Q. and Poltoratzky, 14

Revue Critique, 35

RICHELIEU, Cardinal, 41

ROBESPIERRE, les, a monograph, 35, 41

ROGERS, Henry, Vanity and Glory of Lit. in Edin. Rev., 32

Roumanie, la, 31

ROUSSEAU, J. J., 14, 41

Russians, the, 33

SAND, G. (pseudandry) Dudevant, 41

SAINT-ALBIN, v. Q., 31

SAINT-PRIX, Beriat, 32

SALLIER, l’abbé, 44

SALVANDY, M., his letter to Q., 22

Savants, see Journal des.

Scenonym, 48

SCHALBACHER, M., La France Litt. dedicated to, 12

SCHELER, Aug., 37

SCOTT, Sir W., 21

SEBON, Remon, 31

Servie la, a monograph, 41

Sideronym, 48

Silvestre de Sacy, 35, 45

Spaniards, The, 33

STAEL-HOLSTEIN, les, 31, 41

Stigmonym, 48

Subscription for Q., 31, 33

—— —— list, 34

Supercheries, les Litt. Dévoilées, full title, 22
(This work was published at the expense of M. Poltoratzky, 500
copies were printed, but only 250 of the last vol. A new edition
is absolutely required, though the first can never be superseded.
It was originally announced to be in one vol. only, Parts 9 and
10 contained the pages to be substituted as follows:—pp. 1-2,
15-16, 47-48, 91-92, 159-160, 291-292, of vol. i.)

—— extraordinary character of the work, 23, 28

—— first (four) parts bore a different title (note 27), 24

—— second edit. begun by Q. under the title of “Les S. littéraires
dévoilées, galerie des Écrivains Français,” etc., etc., 26, 43

——, 28

—— additions to, 31

——, 40, 43, 45
(For the word “l’honnête éditeur” referring to Daguin in the
article “Florus,” p. 82, vol. ii., Q. was fined 30 francs by
the tribunal at Daguin’s instance. Gustave Brunet has announced
a supplement in 2 vols. from Q.’s MSS.)

Sydenham Society wanted Q. to edit their catalogues, 18

Syncopism, 48

THACKERAY, W. M., on the length of French novels, 26

Technical vocabulary of bibliography, 47

Telonism, 48

THINKS I TO MYSELF, a phraseonym assumed by a writer in Notes and
Queries, 27
(It is by no means original as the following will
show:—“Thinks-I-to-myself,” a Serio-Ludicro-Tragico-Comico
tale, written by Thinks-I-to-myself, Who? Lond. 1811. 2 vols.
12mo.)

Title-pages given in full, 8

Titlonym, 48

Translationym, 48

Trois Mousquetaires, les, 26

VILLEMAIN, M., 18

Vingt ans après, 26

VITU, A., ou the “Supercheries,” makes numerous errors, 25

VOLTAIRE, Arouet de, 14, 24, 40, 41

WATT, Robert, comparison of his life with Quérard’s. Note (1), 10

—— —— his Bibliotheca Britannica, a most complete work, 14
(Q. calls it “Un Magnifique travail.” See No. XXVIII. p. 8.)

—— —— does not cite any pseudonyms, 19

WATTS, Thomas, keeper of the printed books at the British Museum,
subscribes for Q., 33, 34

Waverley, a novel, 21

WHATELY, R., Archbishop, phrenonym, used by, 48

WELLER, Emil, his work on German pseudonyms, (is little more than a
list of names.) His English very correct, 31

WOHLTHÆTTER, (phrenonym), Poltoratzky, 23

WOOD, Rev. J. G., 48

WOLFF, H.-L., 31

Works of Q., 29
(And see this index under the title of each work.)

Writers, on some ridiculous, 31

ZOMBI du Grand-Pérou, le, 31

TRAVAUX INEDITS DE QUÉRARD _L’Intermédiare_ (III. 585, 665,) a annoncé que j’avais fait l’acquisition des papiers formant le cabinet du regrettable Quérard. J’ai l’intention de publier ce qui, dans ces manuscrits, se trouvera en état d’être livré à l’impression. Je commencerai par les _Supercheries littéraires dévoilées_. Quérard avait entrepris une édition nouvelle des cinq volumes publiés de 1845 à 1853; il lui donnait des développements nouveaux si étendus, que le nᵒ 125 de l’ancienne édition correspond au nᵒ 1320 dans la 1ʳᵉ livraison (la seule qui ait vu le jour) de l’édition nouvelle. Il aurait fallu douze ou quinze ans, et autant de volumes, pour remplir un pareil cadre. Je n’entends point réimprimer les cinq volumes déjà connus. Je donnerai _deux_ volumes d’indications toutes nouvelles, recueillies par l’infatigable bibliographe avec un zèle et une patience dont il serait difficile de trouver d’autres exemples.

Permettez-moi de recourir à la publicité étendue dont jouit _l’Intermédiaire_ pour prier les amis des livres et les personnes qu’intéresse l’étude de la littérature, de vouloir bien m’adresser (_à Bordeaux, à la Bourse_) les informations qu’ils possèderaient et qui se rattachent au sujet traité par Quérard (_Pseudonymes et auteurs déguisés_). Il sera fait usage de ces renseignements avec la plus sincère reconnaissance, et les noms de ceux qui les transmettront, seront indiqués, sauf l’expression d’un désir contraire.

GUSTAVE BRUNET.

_L’Intermédiare, IV. 214, May, 1867._

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