An edition of The book-lover's enchiridion (1883)

The book-lover's enchiridion

thoughts on the solace and companionship of books

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today



Download Options

Buy this book

Last edited by MARC Bot
September 5, 2024 | History
An edition of The book-lover's enchiridion (1883)

The book-lover's enchiridion

thoughts on the solace and companionship of books

This edition doesn't have a description yet. Can you add one?

Publish Date
Publisher
Simpkin, Marshall]
Language
English
Pages
307

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Book Details


Edition Notes

Published in
[London

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 307 p.
Number of pages
307

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL19373723M
Internet Archive
bookloversenchir00irel
OCLC/WorldCat
12073088

Source records

Internet Archive item record

Excerpts

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
Page 64, added by George.

This book is full of wonderful, historic reflections on books. Worth READING, not just perfunctorily passing.

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
September 5, 2024 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
August 13, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot remove fake subjects
January 4, 2011 Edited by George Added excerpt. READ THIS BOOK. It's wunderbar.
May 5, 2010 Edited by EdwardBot add Accessible book tag
December 9, 2009 Created by WorkBot add works page