Comfort Found in Good Old Books

Title Page of the Celebrated First Folio Edition of Shakespeare The Plays Collected and Edited in 1623 By Heminge and Condell
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I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine. — Goldsmith.
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PAUL ELDER AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS, SAN FRANCISCO
Copyright, 1911 by Paul Elder and Company
The articles in this book appeared originally in the Sunday book-page of the San Francisco Chronicle . The privilege of reproducing them here is due to the courtesy of M. H. de Young, Esq.
TO THE MEMORY OF MY SON HAROLD, MY BEST CRITIC, MY OTHER SELF, WHOSE DEATH HAS TAKEN THE LIGHT OUT OF MY LIFE.