Цель справочной книги - сделать более эффективным труд тех, кто создает книгу или другое произведение печати, помочь им в оформлении, редактировании, вычитке рукописи. У справочной книги есть еще одна цель, сверхзадача - внедрить рациональное редакционно-техническое оформление рукописи и тем самым облегчить труд читателя, упростить процесс чтения.
James Alfred "Alf" Wight, OBE, FRCVS (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), known by the pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and writer, who used his many years of experiences as a veterinary surgeon to write a series of books each consisting of stories about animals and their owners.[1] He is best known for these semi-autobiographical works, beginning with All Creatures Great and Small in 1972. The British television series adapted from the books is also titled All Creatures Great and Small. ro