FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25  
26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   >>   >|  
Project Gutenberg's How to Form a Library, 2nd ed, by H. B. Wheatley This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: How to Form a Library, 2nd ed Author: H. B. Wheatley Release Date: November 7, 2009 [EBook #30419] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HOW TO FORM A LIBRARY, 2ND ED *** Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Christine D. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration] The Book-Lover's Library. Edited by Henry B. Wheatley, F.S.A. HOW TO FORM A LIBRARY BY H.B. WHEATLEY, F.S.A. _SECOND EDITION._ NEW YORK A.C. ARMSTRONG & SON, BROADWAY. LONDON: ELLIOT STOCK. 1886 _PREFACE._ _It will be generally allowed that a handy guide to the formation of libraries is required, but it may be that the difficulty of doing justice to so large a subject has prevented those who felt the want from attempting to fill it. I hope therefore that it will not be considered that I have shown temerity by stepping into the vacant place. I cannot hope to have done full justice to so important a theme in the small space at my disposal, but I think I can say that this little volume contains much information which the librarian and the book lover require and cannot easily obtain elsewhere. They are probably acquainted with most of this information, but the memory will fail us at times and it is then convenient to have a record at hand._ _A book of this character is peculiarly open to criticism, but I hope the critics will give me credit for knowing more than I have set down. In making a list of books of reference, I have had to make a selection, and works have been before me that I have decided to omit, although some would think them as important as many of those I have included._ _I need not extend this preface with any lengthy explanation of the objects of the book, as these are stated in the Introduction, but before concluding I may perhaps be allowed to allude to one personal circumstance. I had hoped to dedicate this first volume of the Book Lover's Library to HENRY BRADSHAW, one of the most original and most learned bibliograp
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25  
26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   >>   >|  



Top keywords:
Library
 

Wheatley

 
justice
 

volume

 
LIBRARY
 

information

 

allowed

 
Tozier
 

important

 

Project


Gutenberg

 

included

 

convenient

 
acquainted
 

memory

 

disposal

 

require

 

easily

 

librarian

 

record


obtain

 

objects

 

explanation

 
stated
 

Introduction

 

lengthy

 

extend

 

preface

 

concluding

 
BRADSHAW

original

 

learned

 

bibliograp

 
dedicate
 
allude
 

personal

 

circumstance

 

knowing

 

credit

 
critics

character

 

peculiarly

 

criticism

 

making

 

decided

 

reference

 

selection

 

libraries

 

PROJECT

 
encoding