Here are entered books, usually illustrated literary miscellanies, which are intended as keepsakes or gifts, especially those published annually and popular in the 19th century, as well as works about such books. --subdivision Gift books under individual plants and groups of plants and individual wars, e.g. Corn--Gift books; World War, 1939-1945--Gift books
--subdivision Literary collections under names of countries, cities, etc., individual persons and corporate bodies, and under classes of persons, ethnic groups, individual wars, names of deities and mythological or legendary figures, and under individual and groups of fictitious and legendary characters, and topical headings for collections that include several literary forms, e.g. Cats--Literary collections; Political science--Literary collections
Here are entered works containing material for instruction and practice in reading English. Readers in other languages are entered under the name of the language with subdivision Readers.Works containing reading material in a particular subject field or literary genre are entered under headings illustrated by the following examples: [For English] Readers--Agriculture, [Art, Geography, etc.]; Readers--Drama, [Fairy tales, Love stories, etc.] [For other languages] French language--Readers--Science; French language--Readers--Science fiction.Works containing reading material limited to a specific age level are entered under Readers (Primary), [(Elementary), etc.]Material designed exclusively or predominantly for oral presentation is entered under Recitations.Selections of reading material in the English language, literary as well as non-literary, compiled for training college students in reading comprehension, rhetoric and related topics are entered under College readers. Works containing literary selections for general use as well as for the study of literature are entered under appropriate literary headings, e.g. American literature; English literature--18th century.
