Project Gutenberg 2025-04-13 Public domain in the USA. 225 Hamst, Olphar 1840 Thomas, Ralph Hamst, Olphar (of Clifford’s Inn) Aggravating ladies : $b Being a list of works published under the pseudonym of "a lady," with preliminary suggestions on the art of describing books bibliographically $aLondon :$bBernard Quaritch, $c1880. deaurider, Chris Hapka and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Aggravating Ladies: Being a List of Works Published Under the Pseudonym of 'a Lady,' with Preliminary Suggestions on the Art of Describing Books Bibliographically" by Olphar Hamst is a bibliographical reference work from the late 19th century. The book explores the challenge of attributing and cataloguing works published anonymously or pseudonymously—specifically those authored by women using the generic credit "a lady." Alongside the extensive list, Hamst offers insightful guidance on establishing standards for bibliographical description, highlighting the obstacles and importance of accuracy in cataloguing literature. The opening of "Aggravating Ladies" features a detailed preface in which the author explains his motivation for compiling the list, lamenting the stubborn anonymity of women writers who published under the evasive title "a lady." This section is followed by thorough preliminary remarks on cataloguing, which emphasize the necessity of systematic, accurate rules for describing books, and discuss distinctions between anonymous, pseudonymous, autonymous, and polyonymous works. The introductory chapters serve as both a critique and a methodological guide, exploring issues such as the importance of titles, author names, publication data, and physical format in bibliographic practice, while also addressing broader difficulties in tracing and correctly attributing literary works when authors opt for diffuse or concealed identities. The book then leads directly into its main attraction: a meticulously annotated and expansive list of such anonymous or pseudonymous titles. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/cu31924029553736 20230719135846hamst 1880 gb Reading ease score: 65.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Anonyms and pseudonyms Women authors Z Text Category: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Category: Journalism/Media/Writing 211033 2025-06-30T05:18:55.532789 text/html 173348 2025-04-13T13:07:15 text/html 288972 2025-06-30T05:19:01.449709 application/epub+zip 288217 2025-06-30T05:18:57.267759 application/epub+zip 288217 2025-06-30T05:18:56.290793 application/epub+zip 987005 2025-06-30T05:19:04.245722 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 959007 2025-06-30T05:19:00.713794 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144163 2025-06-30T05:18:54.752796 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 124147 2025-04-13T13:07:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16260 2025-06-30T05:19:04.379704 application/rdf+xml 18280 2025-06-30T05:18:56.594742 image/jpeg 2476 2025-06-30T05:18:56.439738 image/jpeg 767382 2025-06-30T05:18:55.553741 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog