The Book-lovers' Anthology, Edited

About this eBook

Editor

Leonard, R. M. (Robert Maynard)

Title

The Book-Lovers' Anthology

Credits

Produced by Charlene Taylor, Robert Morse, Feòrag NicBhrìde and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

Z: Bibliography, Library science

Subject

Books in literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

46609

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46609

Release Date

August 17, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE BOOK-LOVERS' ANTHOLOGY
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS — GRACE BEFORE BOOKS — THE DELIGHTFUL SOCIETY OF BOOKS — THE CONTENTMENT I HAVE IN MY BOOKS — HE THAT LOVETH A BOOK WILL NEVER WANT — THE COMPANY OF MUTES — A CONSOLATION FOR THE DEAF — SWEET UNREPROACHING COMPANIONS — MY DAYS AMONG THE DEAD ARE PASSED — A HEAVENLY DELIGHT — THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE COMPANY — THE FELLOWSHIP OF BOOKS — A COMPANY OF THE WISEST AND THE WITTIEST — A MAGNATE IN THE REALM OF BOOKS — MY BOOKS — TO MY BOOKS — ON PARTING WITH MY BOOKS — TO MY BOOKS ON PARTING WITH THEM — TRUE FRIENDS THAT CHEER — MY BOOKS — TO SIR HENRY GOODYER — OUR BEST ACQUAINTANCE — THE TRUE ELYSIAN FIELDS — BOOKS AND FRIENDS — THE DESIRABLE TABERNACLE — MAN'S PREROGATIVE — TO HIS BOOKS — THE LEGACIES OF GENIUS — IN PRISON — THE DEPOSITARY OF EVERYTHING HONOURABLE — LOVE THAT IS LARGE — A CATHOLIC TASTE IN BOOKS — A SENSE OF HUMOUR — BOOKS THE TRUE LEVELLERS — AUTHORS AS LOVERS OF BOOKS — THE THEORY OF BOOKS — BOOKS A SUBSTANTIAL WORLD — TO WORDSWORTH — THE SOULS OF BOOKS — USEFUL AND MIGHTY THINGS — AN EXTRAORDINARY DELIGHT TO STUDY — SWEET AND HAPPY HOURS — THE PROUDER PLEASURES OF THE MIND — A TASTE TO BE PRAYED FOR — MORE THAN MEAT, DRINK, AND CLOTHING — THE BOOK THE HIGHEST DELIGHT — THE PLEASURE DERIVED FROM BOOKS — OUR DEBT TO A BOOK — RICH FARE — POWER AND GLADNESS — THE COMMODITY REAPED OF BOOKS — BOOKS IS NURSE TO TRUTH — FOR WISDOM, PIETY, DELIGHT, OR USE — OF THE ENTERTAINMENT OF BOOKS — INSTRUCTION OR AMUSEMENT — EXERCISE FOR THE MIND — WHY BOOKS WERE INVENTED — WHY BOOKS ARE READ — THE INFLUENCE OF BOOKS — REMUNERATIVE READING — THE MOOD FOR BOOKS — BY DIVINE INSPIRATION — PERMANENCE FOR THOUGHT — THE MIRACULOUS ART OF WRITING — BOOKS AS MEMORIALS — FASHION IN BOOKS — COATS FOR MACKEREL — TO HIS BOOK — IMMORTALITY IN BOOKS — ENDURING MONUMENTS — THE STRANGE QUALITY OF BOOKS — BOOKS ARE NOT DEAD THINGS — SHAKESPEARE IN HEAVEN — THE LIBRARIES OF HEAVEN — THE ONLY THINGS THAT LAST FOR EVER — THE AUTHORS' METAMORPHOSIS — O BLESSED LETTERS — A LASTING LINK OF AGES — THE VIRTUE OF A TRUE BOOK — ACTION AND REACTION — THE ULTIMATE TEST OF BOOKS — BOOKS OF THE HOUR AND OF ALL TIME — WHO WILL BELIEVE MY VERSE — IMMORTALITY IN SONG — ONE DAY I WROTE HER NAME — WELL I REMEMBER HOW YOU SMILED — THE MULTIPLICITY OF BOOKS — SUPERFLUOUS BOOKS — MULTIPLICATION IS VEXATION — THE MULTIPLICATION OF ORIGINALS — THE AUTHORS' ADVANTAGE — AN IGNORANT AGE HATH MANY BOOKS — THE DIFFUSION OF BOOKS AND ITS EFFECT ON CULTURE — THE DISTRACTION OF CHOICE — A LIBRARY OF ONE — A LIBRARY OF TWELVE — ANCIENT AND MODERN BOOKS — THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS — OLD AUTHORS TO READ — CLASSICUS — THE DEAD ALONE CANONIZED — THE CLASSICS — THE MOONS OF LITERATURE — THE READING OF NEW BOOKS — THE CLASSICS ALWAYS MODERN — ON READING OLD BOOKS — ON READING NEW BOOKS — A PREFERENCE FOR GREAT MODELS — THE VALUE OF MODERN BOOKS — A SORT OF THIRD ESTATE — OLD AND NEW BOOKS — SECURITY IN OLD BOOKS — TO MY BOOK — HIS PRAYER FOR ABSOLUTION — BOOKS THAT DO HURT — BOOKS AND THIEVES — MOUNTEBANK AUTHORS — PRINTERS GAIN BY BAD BOOKS — THE EVIL THAT MEN DO — BOOKS BAD AND GOOD — ON CERTAIN BOOKS — 'TO THE PURE ALL THINGS ARE PURE' — LIBERTY AND BAD BOOKS — BAD BOOKS AND DEBAUCHED MINDS — VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE — A WHIMSICAL SURPRISE — ROMANCES ARE PERNICIOUS — WHETHER 'TIS LAWFUL TO READ ROMANCES — THE DANGER OF POETS AND ROMANCES — A DAUGHTER'S FAVOURITE NOVELS — 'ONLY A NOVEL' — NOVELS AS ENGINES OF CIVILIZATION — A NOVEL OF HIGH LIFE — NOVELS ARE SWEETS — EVERY MAN HIS DUE — PLAGIARIE — TRANSPLANTATION — BOOK-MAKERS AND PLAGIARISTS — A LEARNED PLAGIARY — HIDDEN TREASURE — LITERARY COOKERY — THE MANUFACTORY OF BOOKS — HOW VOLUMES SWELL — RECIPE FOR AN ANTHOLOGY — TO LEIGH HUNT, ON AN OMISSION IN HIS 'FEAST OF THE POETS' — OUR MASTER, MELEAGER — THAT INVENTION OF THE ENEMY—AN ABRIDGEMENT — ORIGINAL EDITIONS — DEDICATIONS — PRESENTATION COPIES — POETS AND THEIR BIBLIOGRAPHIES — MEN IN THEIR NIGHTGOWNS — BIOGRAPHY — BIOGRAPHY PREFERRED TO HISTORY — ON READING TRANSLATIONS — ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER — TRANSLATIONS FROM THE CLASSICS — TO MY WORTHY AND HONOURED FRIEND MASTER GEORGE CHAPMAN — WHEN TRANSLATIONS ARE TO BE PREFERRED — 'THAT SILLY VANITY OF IMPERTINENT CITATIONS' — QUOTATION — MERIT IN QUOTATION — WHAT SHAKESPEARE HATH LEFT US — ON THE PORTRAIT OF SHAKESPEARE — SHAKESPEARE'S LIVELONG MONUMENT — UNDER MR. MILTON'S PICTURE BEFORE HIS 'PARADISE LOST' — UPON MY BROTHER'S BOOK CALLED 'THE GROUNDS, LABOUR AND REWARD OF FAITH' — UPON THE BOOK AND PICTURE OF THE SERAPHICAL SAINT TERESA — THE SEAT OF AUTHORITY — BOOKS PREFERRED TO PREACHERS — BOOKS OF MORALITY — THE SECRET INFLUENCE OF BOOKS — DEAD COUNSELLORS ARE SAFEST — THE REAL WORKING EFFECTIVE CHURCH — BOOKS AS SIGN-POSTS — THE NEED OF A GUIDE TO BOOKS — THE TRUE UNIVERSITY OF THESE DAYS — OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE: TWO EPIGRAMS — THE ANSWER — AGAINST WRITERS THAT CARP AT OTHER MEN'S BOOKS — A CRITIC — STYLE v. SENSE — WHERE FOOLS RUSH IN — LITERARY HYPOCRISY — IN THE SEAT OF THE SCORNER — THE FINAL VERDICT UPON BOOKS — THE CRITICS' INFLUENCE ON THE PUBLIC — TASTE IN LITERATURE AND ART — THE FILIAL PIETY OF BOOKS — THE MOTE AND THE BEAM — CENSORSHIP — THE IMPRIMATUR — A GREAT BOOK IS A GREAT EVIL — A LITTLE BOOK THE MOST EXCELLENT — BOOKS WITH ONE IDEA IN THEM — BOOKS OF ONE THOUGHT — INDUCTIVE CRITICISM — READING BETWEEN LINES — PURPLE PATCHES — THE ROYAL ROAD — READERS AND WRITERS — STUDIES — HOW TO SPEND OUR DAYS — THE CHOICE OF BOOKS — CHEWING THE CUD — THE SUFFICIENCY OF HOMER — HOMER AND VIRGIL — READ WITHOUT PREJUDICE — READING ACCORDING TO INCLINATION — READ FEW BOOKS WELL — BOOKS AS FRUITFUL TREES — READING SEVERAL BOOKS AT A TIME — WHEN AND WHERE TO READ — SMALL AUTHORS DANGEROUS — BOOKS THAT PROVOKE THOUGHT — RULES FOR READING — A DIET OF BOOKS — A COURSE OF READING — OF READING — POETS AS COMMENTATORS — THE METHOD OF READING PROFANE HISTORY — EPITOMES — ABSTRACTS OF BOOKS — BESCRIBBLING WITH NOTES — BOOKS TO BE MARKED — UNDERSCORING — THE PARSON'S ACCESSORY KNOWLEDGE — COMMONPLACE BOOKS — A NEW METHOD OF A COMMONPLACE BOOK — MARGINAL NOTES AND COMMONPLACE BOOKS — THE BEE AND THE BUTTERFLY — SKIPPING WIT — CHANCE READINGS — RIDING POST — APPETITE AND SATIETY — THE HABIT OF CASUAL READING — JOHNSON'S CURSORY READING — DESULTORY READING — THE GREATEST CLERKS BE NOT ALWAYS THE WISEST MEN — A BOOKISH AMBITION — FULL LIBRARIES AND EMPTY HEADS — TO THE GOOD OR BAD READER — A PRETENDER TO LEARNING — SUPERFICIAL READERS — THE READING COXCOMB — READING TO KILL TIME — TALKING FROM BOOKS — A SHORT CUT TO FAME — TITLE-READERS — THE BURNING OF DON QUIXOTE'S BOOKS — BRAINS SQUASHED BY BOOKS — FOLLY GENERATED BY BOOKS — SURCLOYING THE STOMACH — OVER-READING — DEEP-VERSED IN BOOKS AND SHALLOW IN HIMSELF — SWALLOWING THE HUSKS — READING AND ILLITERACY — READING AS INTELLECTUAL INDOLENCE — BOOKS AND MEN — BOOKS AND LIFE — THE MIGHTY DEAD — THE MESSAGE OF BOOKS — OVERRATING THE VIRTUE OF BOOKS — BOOKS AN ENEMY TO HEALTH — WHAT PROFITS IT — BOOKS AND EYESIGHT — WHEN TO READ — BOOKS INSTEAD OF STIMULANTS — THE PHARMACY OF BOOKS — A LITERATURA HILARIS — THE BLESSED CHLOROFORM OF THE MIND — LOUNGING BOOKS — TO DRIVE THE NIGHT AWAY — READING IN BED — READING AND MEAL TIMES — THE DOG AND THE BONE — PROOF OF GOOD MATTER — WRITING AT MEAL TIMES — OUT-OF-DOORS READING — O FOR A BOOKE — FAREWELL TO BOOKS IN SPRINGTIME — THE TABLES TURNED — LEARNING — PICTURE BOOKS IN WINTER — THE HORN-BOOK — OLD STORY BOOKS — THE FIRST AUTHORS FOR YOUTH — BOOKS AND THE WORLD — ADVICE TO MOTHERS — GETTING A BOY FORWARD — AT LARGE IN THE LIBRARY — THE BEST BOOKS THE COMMONEST — MONTAIGNE'S EARLY READING — JOHNSON'S EARLY READING — GIBBON'S EARLY READING — A BIRTH OF INTELLECT — WORDSWORTH'S EARLY READING — OLD-FASHIONED VERSE — LEIGH HUNT'S EARLY READING — A KINDLY TIE — CHARLES DICKENS'S EARLY READING — THE VISIONARY GLEAM — READING FOR LOVE'S SAKE — VALEDICTION TO HIS BOOK — THE BOOK OF THE BRAIN — LOVE'S PURVEYOR — THE DOUBLE LESSON — CUPID AND THE BOOK OF POEMS — BOOKS AS SPOKESMEN — TO HIS BOOK: OF HIS LADY — TO THE LADY LUCY, COUNTESS OF BEDFORD — A BOOK OF FLESH AND BLOOD — WOMEN'S EYES — [Greek: UPOTHÊKÊ EIS EMAUTON] — OF A NEW MARRIED STUDENT THAT PLAYED FAST AND LOOSE — MARRIAGE AND BOOKS — MARRIAGE! MY YEARS ARE YOUNG — LOVE AND THE LIBRARY — A COUNTER ATTRACTION — TO COSMELIA — ON A PRAYER BOOK SENT TO MRS. M. R. — ON GEORGE HERBERT'S 'THE TEMPLE' SENT TO A GENTLEWOMAN — TO HELEN — SENT WITH POEMS — WOMAN AND BOOKS — THE GHOST OF BETTY BARNES — A CHEAP AND LASTING PLEASURE — THE POETS — THE WORLD OF BOOKS — THE CLASSICAL EDUCATION OF WOMEN — GIRLS' READING — POETRY AND PIETY — A LADY'S LIBRARY — WOMEN'S WANT — BOOKS FOR A LADY'S LIBRARY — TO A LADY FURNISHING HER LIBRARY AT *** IN WARWICKSHIRE — LYDIA LANGUISH AND THE CIRCULATING LIBRARY — THE OLD BACHELOR'S BOOKS — THE OXFORD SCHOLAR AND HIS BOOKS — THE CHIEF FOOL — THE ENVOY OF ALEXANDER BARCLAY, TRANSLATOR EXHORTING THE FOOLES ACCLOYED WITH THIS VICE TO AMEND THEIR FOLLY — LETTER-FERRETS — DAINTIES THAT ARE BRED OF A BOOK — AN ANTIQUARY — AN IGNORANT BOOK-COLLECTOR — THE BIBLIOMANIA — BIBLIOSOPHIA — GOLDEN VOLUMES! RICHEST TREASURES! — A MALADY OF WEAK MINDS — AN UNWORTHY PROFESSOR — A BIBLIOMANIAC — THE ENVIABLE BOOKWORM — EARS NAILED TO BOOKS — THE ANTIQUARY'S TREASURES — KISSING A FOLIO — THE LITERARY HAREM — BAYARD TAYLOR — DEFINITIONS — THE LAST EDITIONS THE BEST — SIBRANDUS SCHAFNABURGENSIS — A STUDENT — OF HANDLING BOOKS — DEDUCTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE — AN EDITION DE LUXE — CARE AS TO BINDINGS — GOLD CLASPS AND A GOLDEN STORY — NOBLER THAN CONTENTS — LINES HAVE THEIR LININGS, AND BOOTS THEIR BUCKRAM — EYE-WORSHIP — BOOKBINDINGS — DISCRIMINATION IN BINDINGS — SUITABLE BINDINGS — 'TIS FOLLY TO BE WISE — THE OUTSIDE OF A BOOK — BOOKS YOU MAY HOLD IN YOUR HAND — BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS AND NIGHTMARE — DELIGHT IN BOOK-PRINTS — A NEAT RIVULET OF TEXT — THE BOOKWORMS — THE BOOKWORM — A MOTH — THE CURE FOR BOOKWORMS — ROYAL PATRONAGE OF BOOKS — THE TREASURE — THE MOST VALUABLE BOOK — THE READERS AT THE BOOKSTALL — TETRACHORDON — THE SECOND-HAND CATALOGUE — THE FIND — PURCHASING AN ACT OF PIETY — A FORCED SALE — THE VOCATION — TO MY BOOKSELLER — THE WRITER TO HIS BOOK — AD BIBLIOPOLAM — IN BONDAGE TO THE BOOKSELLER — IN PATERNOSTER ROW — THE ELEPHANT AND THE BOOKSELLER — LITERARY UPHOLSTERERS — ON A MISCELLANY OF POEMS — VERSES TO BE PREFIXED BEFORE BERNARD LINTOTT'S NEW MISCELLANY — TO MR. MURRAY — TO THE EDITOR OF 'THE EVERY-DAY BOOK' — THE BANNATYNE CLUB, OR ONE VOLUME MORE — THE BOOKSELLERS' BANQUET — WHAT A HEART-BREAKING SHOP — GENTEEL ORNAMENTS — MAMMON AND BOOKS — THE POOR STUDENT — NATIONAL EXPENDITURE ON BOOKS — THE VALUE OF BOOK BORROWING — ACCIDENTS TO BOOKS — BORROWERS OF BOOKS — BORROWING AND LENDING — WEDDED TO BOOKS — THE ART OF BOOK-KEEPING — THE BOOK OF NATURE — THE BOOK — THE BOOK OF LIFE — THE WIND OVER THE CHIMNEY — A GREAT NECROMANCER — BOOKS FOR MAGIC — THE SECRET OF STRENGTH — RED LETTERS AND CONJURING — MERLIN'S BOOK — FAST AND LOOSE — READ THE SCRIPTURES — TO THE HOLY BIBLE — ON BUYING THE BIBLE — 'I READ ONLY THE BIBLE' — A MAN OF ONE BOOK — HOMO UNIUS LIBRI — THE SCRIPTURES: WHAT ARE THEY? — 'THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS' — NO BOOK LIKE THE BIBLE — TO A FAMILY BIBLE — THE BOOK OF BOOKS — A VERY PRICELESS THING — MATERIAL FOR POESY — SACRED AND PROFANE WRITERS — A STANDARD FOR LANGUAGE — THE GRAND MINE OF DICTION — THE ENGLISH OF THE BIBLE — THE BIBLE AND BURNS — THE BIG HA'-BIBLE — 'OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST' — LITERARY GEOGRAPHY — ON 'CORYAT'S CRUDITES' — LITERATURE FOR DESOLATE ISLANDS — BOOKS FOR THE SALON — THE LIBRARY AND THE GRAVE — THE LIBRARY A GLORIOUS COURT — THE LIBRARY AS STUDY — THE STUDY — THE CONSULTING ROOM OF A WISE MAN — THE LIBRARY A KEY TO CHARACTER — THE SCENT OF BOOKS — AN EPISCOPAL LIBRARY — A MODERN LIBRARY — SAFE AND UNTOUCHED — CIBBER'S LIBRARY — MR. SHANDY'S LIBRARY — DOMINIE SAMPSON IN THE LIBRARY — THE PEASANT'S LIBRARY — THE LIBRARY IN THE GARRET — MONTAIGNE'S LIBRARY — A COLLOQUY IN A LIBRARY — CHARLES LAMB'S LIBRARY — STANZAS COMPOSED IN THE REV. J. MITFORD'S LIBRARY — THE SHRINES OF THE ANCIENT SAINTS — A MOST HORRIBLE INFAMY — LIBRARIES FOR EVERY CITY — THE LIBRARY — THE REFERENCE LIBRARY — IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM LIBRARY — THE LIBRARY AN HERACLEA — BOOKS IN A NEW LIGHT — ON THE SIGHT OF A GREAT LIBRARY — REFLECTIONS IN A LIBRARY — THOUGHTS IN A LIBRARY — THE TRUE POEM ON THE LIBRARY — THE LIBRARY — THE LIBRARY — OF LIBRARIES: THE BODLEIAN — ON THE DEATH OF SIR THOMAS BODLEY — TO BE CHAINED WITH GOOD AUTHORS — AN ODE ADDRESSED TO MR. JOHN ROUSE — LIBRARIAN, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — PINDARIC ODE — ON SIR THOMAS BODLEY'S LIBRARY, THE AUTHOR BEING THEN IN OXFORD — THE BODLEIANS OF OXFORD — THE BODLEIAN: A DEAD SEA OF BOOKS — A COLLEGE LIBRARY — MERTON LIBRARY — OXFORD NIGHTS — ON THE LIBRARY AT CAMBRIDGE — THE SOUL'S VIATICUM
4. 4.NOTES
5. 5.INDEX OF AUTHORS

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