An'a

An'a, a termination added to proper names to designate collections of sayings, 'table-talk,' anecdotes, items of gossip, as Johnsoniana, Boswelliana; as well as notes about some person, or publications bearing upon him, as Shakespeareana, Burnsiana. Such titles were first used in France, where they became common after the publication of Scaligerana by the brothers Dupuy (1666). In English literature there are many works of this kind, from Baconiana (1679) to Dickensiana (1886). America, also, has its Washingtoniana (1800). A tolerably complete catalogue of such works up to its own date may be found in Namur's Bibliographie des Oeuvres publiés sous le Nom d'Ana (Brussels, 1839).