In the name of the Bodleian, and other essays
By: by Augustine Birrell.
Publisher: C. Scribner's sons
Published: 1905
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Bodleian Library; Books and reading -- Great Britain
Table of contents: title: 'In the name of the Bodleian.'; title: Bookworms.; title: Confirmed readers.; title: First editions.; title: Gossip in a library.; title: Librarians at play.; title: Lawyers at play.; title: The non-jurors.; title: Lord Chesterfield.; title: The Johnsonian legend.; title: Boswell as biographer.; title: Old pleasure gardens.; title: Old booksellers.; title: A few words about copyright in books.; title: Hannah More once more.; title: Arthur Young.; title: Thomas Paine.; title: Charles Bradlaugh.; title: Disraeli ex relatione Sir William Fraser.; title: A connoisseur.; title: Our great middle class.; title: Tar and whitewash.; title: Itineraries.; title: Epitaphs.; title: 'Hansard.'; title: Contempt of court.; title: Edward VII., chapter 12.