In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays by Augustine Birrell

In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays

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Title: In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays

Contents: 'In the name of the Bodleian' -- Bookworms -- Confirmed readers -- First editions -- Gossip in a library -- Librarians at play -- Lawyers at play -- The non-jurors -- Lord Chesterfield -- The Johnsonian legend -- Boswell as biographer -- Old pleasure gardens -- Old booksellers -- A few words about copyright in books -- Hannah More once more -- Arthur Young -- Thomas Paine -- Charles Bradlaugh -- Disraeli ex relatione Sir William Fraser -- A connoisseur -- Our great middle class -- Tar and whitewash -- Itineraries -- Epitaphs -- 'Hansard' -- Contempt of court -- 5 Edward VII., chapter 12.

Credits: Produced by Janet Kegg and PG Distributed Proofreaders

Author: Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933

EBook No.: 12244

Published: May 1, 2004

Downloads: 57

Language: English

Subject: Books and reading -- Great Britain

Subject: Bodleian Library

LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.