Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-06-29

without reading the titles. His new
books were to be all illustrated. !
tWhen first went into the business
l was surprised to see at a customers
house an extravagantly-bound copy of
ShaAespeare works in the German
language. knew the man did not I'M
oerstanu German, and the circumstance
puzIieG me. L found afterward that a
bookseller had loaded him up with a
very unsaieable article by telling him
that every gentleman ought to have a
copy OF Shakespeare's works in the
original. The same man once came to
US 1or q DooS to present his wife at their
SILVER wedding. What do you think he
choSe9 fountaine's work on How the
earth was peopled. There was some ex-
cuse lor hlm-he had eleven children.
mo; mouse furnishers do not often
buy the books for the library, but they
frequently give directions as to bindings.
Ihey look Tor light, elegant and we'll
contrasted colors, or for heavy, antique
morocco or Russia bindings suited to
the character of the room. As a rule.
the owner OF the house thinks himself
competent TO buy his own books. though
he seeks aid from us in making his
choice. L once picked out handsome
assortment Tor a customer about to re-
furnish his house. He had no acouaint-
ance with books, but he looked over the
| titles and made some rather interesting
eXpurgatlons. He told me to nut all
the standard 'thorities in anyway, and
he would attend 10 the rest. He threw
| out In the Meshes'-which he supposed
to be book on tishing-because he was
no angler. 'Boswelfs Life of John
son was rejected because he didn't
want political campaign works, and
wouldn't have the Biographies of the
Presidents, they all lied so. His wife
discarded The SparrQwgrass Papers
on the ground that they did not want
any books about vegetables, and The
Law and the Prophets was not wanted.
because the old gentleman had given
up business altogether. The man who
once purchased The Mill on the Floss.
believing it to be an account of prize
fight, was tolerably well-informed
man compared with this customer, who
said that Beauties of the British Dram
atis:s' was a sell, because the work
did not contain picture of one OF
them He expected to find it full of
portraits of actresses. The man even
held up fine edition of 'Plutarch,
and asked how many lives a man was
supposed to have. He had not once
thought of opening the work. These
men do not bother us much, for they
are easily satisfied; but what do YOU
think of gentleman who refuses to
pay his bill because you have left out
the electromagnetic most important
work of all from complete edition
of odd Daniel Webster's works This
mixing up of the Websters seems TO be
chronic disease with certain sort OF
buyers.
1.-The house furnishers sometimes
have good ideas about bindings. but
they are apt to go to extremes. One of
them lately ordered some very fantast {
work for library to be furnished in
Gothic style. But, after all. there is
some reason in this fancy for binding
books so that they may be in harmo ny
with their surroundings, and it help
business. Scholars may smile as much
as they like about books for decorative
purposes, but elegant bindings, if nicely
chosen and arranged, do add greatly to
the effect of well-ighted, richly fur
nished-room. IN. Y. SIN.