Genre Name	Genre Usage Note	Entry Count
Albums		8
Anthologies		7
Armorials	Use for books containing depictions of coats of arms.	0
Artists' books	Use for books intended as works of art in themselves and designed as an artistic whole, integrating binding, text, illustration, etc. Do not use for "Livres d'artistes."	22
Atlases (Geographic)	Use for collections of maps in book form.	3
Biographies		17
Criticism and interpretation	Use as a topical subdivision under names of individual persons for works of critical analysis or interpretation of the person's artistic works or endeavors without biographical details.	9
Directories		7
Encyclopedias		4
Ephemera	Use for transient everyday items, usually printed on paper, that are produced for a specific limited use and then often thrown away.	2
Epistolary		8
Essays		16
Essays		2
Folk Tale	Use for folklore	5
Gothic Romance		0
Guidebooks		102
History	Need to decide what distinguishes this from local history / other genres.	25
Itineraries		9
Literary History	Need to decide what distinguishes this from history and from criticism and interpretation	10
Local histories	Need to decide what distinguishes this from history	53
Manual (Handbooks)		1
Memorials (Commemorative)	Use for eulogy	5
Merchant manuals	Use for manuals containing information on trade routes, market locations, business practices, merchant ethics, etc.	1
Myths and legends	Use for folklore	8
Narratives	Use for works containing an account of events, experiences, etc., whether true or fictitious.	14