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OverviewExcerpt from Recreations of a Book-Lover Well, you have given me theme enough for a letter, or two, or more, so if I run on to inordinate length, you and your hundred volumes are responsible. There are bookish martinets who would say, Buy one volume at a time, and read it before you buy another. That is excellent advice for impecunious youth, and in my early days I was compelled to follow it. But you are no longer a youth, and are not impecunious, and you need not regard it. It represents, not the voice of wisdom, but of prudence - quite a different thing - and is only of temporary and limited application. It is good to have books about you in num bers, to look at your shelves and see them there, and to know they are there when you are not looking at them. With what curiously unsatisfying things, by the by. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Frederic W MacDonaldPublisher: Forgotten Books Imprint: Forgotten Books Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.308kg ISBN: 9781331697879ISBN 10: 1331697875 Pages: 228 Publication Date: 03 February 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Unknown Availability: In stock Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |