Some books are only cursorily to be tasted of. Namely first, voluminous books, the task of a man's life is to read them over; secondly, auxiliary books, only to be repaired to on occasions; thirdly, such as are mere pieces of formality, so that if you look upon them, you look through them; and he that peeps through the casement of the index, sees as much as if he were in the house. But the laziness of those cannot be excused who perfunctorily pass over authors of consequence, and only trade in their tables and contents. These, like city-cheaters, have gotten the names of all country gentlemen, make silly people believe they have long lived in those places where they never were, and flourish with skill in those authors they never seriously studied.
Thomas Fuller 1608-1661
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1888
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Simpkin, Marshall, & co.,
W. & R. Chambers
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The book-lover's enchiridion: a treasury of thoughts on the solace and companionship of books, gathered from the writings of the greatest thinkers, from Cicero, Petrarch, and Montaigne, to Carlyle, Emerson, and Ruskin.
1888, Simpkin, Marshall, & co., W. & R. Chambers
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The book-lover's enchiridion: thoughts on the solace and companionship of books, and topics incidental thereto; gathered from the best writers of every age, and arranged in chronological order.
1884, Simpkin, Marshall & co. [etc.], Benjamin & Bell
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The book-lover's enchiridion: thoughts on the solace and companionship of books
1883, Simpkin, Marshall]
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This book is full of wonderful, historic reflections on books. Worth READING, not just perfunctorily passing.
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