Archaeological and other Clubs, _ib. et seq._
--purity of text of book-club literature, and consequent historical
value, 322 _et seq._, 327
--as art unions, 404 _et seq._

Book-hunters as creators of libraries, 168 _et seq._, 197
--as preservers of literature, 205 _et seq._
--as _chiffoniers_, 219
--as discoverers of valuable and curious books, 224
--as librarians, 227 _et seq._
--their clubs, 243 _et seq._
--various titles of, 5, 6
--vision of mighty book-hunters, 14
--book-hunters as bibliothaptes and bibliolytes, 54 _et seq._
--classification of, 64 _et seq._
--as Rubricists, 63
--as aspirants after large paper copies, 86
--their place in the dispensations of Providence, 101 _et seq._
--the harmlessness and advantages of their disease, 102 _et seq._
--book-hunters and dealers, 104
--in relation to other hobby-riders, 105
--their lack of mercenary spirit, _ib. et seq._
--in the amateur phase, 106 _et seq._
--their freedom from low company, 109
--their intellectual advantages, _ib. et seq._
--from their pursuit readers and scholars, 114
--their delight in a new toy, 123.

Books, annotating of, a crime and a virtue, 185 _et seq._
--their decay from natural causes, 211 _et seq._
--books, large and solid, factors in the acquisition of fame, 215
--such only fitted for authors and students, 252
--books, small and fragile, preserved by book-hunters, 215
--rarity of old school-books, _ib. et seq._
--importance of any kind of old books, 217
--rare books printed by early English printers, 218 _et seq._
--David Clement on rare books, 224 _et seq._
--rare books not always rare, 225
--books as introducers of books, 233
--reproduction of old and rare books by book-clubs, 246 _et seq._
--books used in Ireland in sixth century, 388.

Boswell, Sir Alexander, as a book-club man, 292 _et seq._
--his reprints, 293
--his Auchinleck Press, 294
--his character and writings, 295 _et seq._

Botfield, Beriah, his work, 194 _note_.

Bourdaloue, favourite reading of, 112.

Brewer, "Inchrule," as a mighty book-hunter, 25 _et seq._
--origin of his name, 26
--his love of bindings, 28
--his satellites, 31 _et seq._

British Museum, deposits of books in, 194 _note_
--origin of library, 197 _et seq._

Brunet as an "Inchruler," 26
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