The Book-hunter at HomeP. Allan, 1922 - 275 páginas I. Adventures among books.--II. The library.--III. Books which form the library.--IV. Chivalry and romance.--V-VI. The care of books.--VII. Books of the collector.--VIII-IX. A plea for specialism.--Index |
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... mind as the hostess slowly descended the rickety stairs to fetch her treasure ! At last he had found it , and just in the very sort of house and town where he had always expected to come across it . Well , well , if you make up your mind ...
... mind as the hostess slowly descended the rickety stairs to fetch her treasure ! At last he had found it , and just in the very sort of house and town where he had always expected to come across it . Well , well , if you make up your mind ...
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... mind then happens to be hungry . But the truth is far otherwise . If we take up and read a book at random , in nine ... minds as we have over our limbs , it is quite impossible that our reading shall benefit us to its full extent ...
... mind then happens to be hungry . But the truth is far otherwise . If we take up and read a book at random , in nine ... minds as we have over our limbs , it is quite impossible that our reading shall benefit us to its full extent ...
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... mind becomes completely fuddled with the heterogeneous patchwork of entirely useless information . The only method I have discovered by which one can acquire the important news and yet retain the serenity of one's mind is that of having ...
... mind becomes completely fuddled with the heterogeneous patchwork of entirely useless information . The only method I have discovered by which one can acquire the important news and yet retain the serenity of one's mind is that of having ...
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CONTENTS CHAP PAGE I ADVENTURES AMONG BOOKS I | 25 |
THE LIBRARY | 31 |
BOOKS WHICH FORM THE LIBRARY | 58 |
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