The Englishman and his books
Subtitle: in the early nineteenth century
By: by Amy Cruse.
Edition: 2nd impression.
Publisher: Thomas J. Crowell
Published: 1930
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Cruse, Amy, -- 1870-; Authors and readers.; English literature -- History and criticism -- 19th century.; Great Britain -- Intellectual life.
Description: Deals with the readers, rather than the writers, of books.
Notes: Continues the history of readership in England from the author's "The shaping of English literature", which covered the period from the earliest times to the closing years of the eighteenth century. Cf. Pref, p.3.