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6. Ibid.
7. Louis Polain, 1866—1934, then a young man about Otlet's age was
eventually responsible for the still standard Catalogue des livres imprimis
au quinzietne siecle des bibliotheques publiques de Belgique (Bruxelles:
La Societe des bibliophiles et iconophiles de Belgique, 1932). In
1909 he edited from her manuscript the second volume of Marie Pellechet's
Catalogue general des incunables des bibliotheques publiques de-
France (Paris: A. iPicard et fils, 1897^1909).
8. L. Polain, «Le Systeme decimal et les publications de l'Office International
de Bibliographies Revue des Bibliotheques, VI (1896), 66.
9. Ibid., 87.
10. Ibid., 73.
11. Henri Stein, 1862—1940, had become by the last years of the century a
highly respected bibliographer. He had reported to the Congres Bibliographique
International in 1888 on the progress of bibliography since
the previous conference in 1876, and in 1897 his large Manuel de Bibliographie
Generate (Paris: A. Picard et fils, 1897) appeared. It wassubsequently
reprinted in 19G2. In 1927 he took over the editorship of
the Catalogue Generate de la Librairie Francaise, vols. 29—32 for the
years 1919—1925. Most of his working life was spent in the Archives
iNationales. He founded and edited Le Bibliographe moderne and founded
the .Societe Francaise de Bibliographie. He also collaborated with
the man to become his chief in the Archives Nationales, C. V. Langlois.
12. Henri Stein, «La Conference Bibliographique Internationale de Bruxelles»,
Revue international de bibliotheques, 1895—1896, I (1897), 29—31.
13. Henri Stein, «iL'Institut International de Bibliographie et le projet de iBibliographie
Universelle», Bibliographe moderne, I (1897), p. 121.
14. Ibid., p. 124.
15. Franz Funck-Brentano, 1862—1947, had studied in the famous Ecole des
Chartes. He became Librarian of the Arsenal Library where he edited the
catalogue of the archives of the Bastille and wrote a number of historical
works. His article «L'Office International de Bibliographie et La
Classification Decimale» in Correspondence historique et archeologique,
III ('1806), 40 pp. was reproduced in a number of other journals (see
IIB Bulletin, I i(1895—6), 271).
16. Leopold Delisle, «Decimal Classification and Relative Index for Libraries...,
premier article*, Journal des Savants, Ii896, p. 161. Leopold—
Victor^Delisle, 1826—4910, studied at the Ecole des Chartes and began
his professional career as an archivist. After a period of rapid'
promotion he became Administrator-General of the Bibliotheque
Nationale in 1874, a post he held for more than thirty years. He was responsible
for the decision to print the iBibliotheque National's catalogue,,
the first volume of which appeared in 1897, the last volume of which is
still awaited. He was elected to the Institut de France at the age of 31.
17. Leon Losseau to Otlet, 29 January 1907, Dossier No. 256, «Losseau»,.
Mundaneum. Only sweeten Stein with «a few flowers, a little holy waters,
said Losseau, and Otlet might «have a second edition of the second
article of Delisle».
18. Sury of the OIB wrote to Otlet, 17 July 1896, that he had refused a young
man an introduction to Delisle from the Institute because he suspected
«Delisle and others at the Bibliotheque iNationale were not absolutely favourable
to us». !The young man, thought Sury, would be better advised
to obtain a (letter from one of his professors. «Moreover, I would like to
observe that M. Delisle... would have great sport with this adolescent
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