The Book-Hunter

About this eBook

Author

Burton, John Hill, 1809-1881

Title

The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author

Credits

E-text prepared by Suzanne Lybarger, Brian Janes, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

Z: Bibliography, Library science

Subject

Bibliomania

Category

Text

eBook-No.

22136

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22136

Release Date

July 24, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Book-Hunter — The Book-Hunter — etc. — BY
2. 2.JOHN HILL BURTON — D.C.L., LL.D. — Author of 'A History of Scotland,' 'The Scot Abroad,' 'The Reign of Queen Anne,' &c.
3. 3.PUBLISHER'S NOTE.
4. 4.THE AUTHOR'S ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.List of Illustrations. — MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR.
7. 7.CHAPTER I. — ABERDEEN.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. — EDINBURGH.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. — BEGINNING OF LITERARY LIFE.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — SECOND STAGE OF LITERARY LIFE.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. — THIRD STAGE OF LITERARY LIFE.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. — LITERARY LIFE ( continued ).
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. — THE END. — THE BOOK-HUNTER.
14. 14.Introductory.
15. 15.A Vision of Mighty Book-Hunters.
16. 16.Reminiscences.
17. 17.Classification.
18. 18.The Prowler and the Auction-Haunter.
19. 19.The Hobby.
20. 20.The Desultory Reader or Bohemian of Literature.
21. 21.The Collector and the Scholar.
22. 22.The Gleaner and his Harvest. — Attorneys .—(33 Henry VI. c. 7.) — Fustian .—(11 Henry VII. c. 27.)
23. 23.Pretenders.
24. 24.His Achievements in the Creation of Libraries.
25. 25.The Preservation of Literature.
26. 26.Librarians.
27. 27.Bibliographies.
28. 28.Clubs in General.
29. 29.The Structure of the Book Clubs.
30. 30.The Roxburghe Club.
31. 31.Some Book-Club Men.
32. 32.Generalities.
33. 33.John Spalding.
34. 34.Robert Wodrow.
35. 35.The Early Northern Saints.
36. 36.Sermons in Stones.
37. 37.FOOTNOTES:
38. 38.INDEX. — THE END. — Imprinted by William Blackwood and Sons, at their Printing Office, 32 Thistle Street, Edinburgh.

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