Sixty Years a Bookman, With Other Recollections and Reflections - 1

SIXTY YEARS A BOOKMAN

WITH OTHER RECOLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

THE FASCINATION OF BOOKS AND OTHER ESSAYS
THE PLEASURES OF BOOKLAND
IN FRIENDSHIP'S GARDEN
LIBERTY AND BROTHERHOOD, ETC., ETC.

SIXTY YEARS A
BOOKMAN

WITH OTHER RECOLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS

JOSEPH SHAYLOR

LONDON

SELWYN & BLOUNT, LTD.

21 YORK BUILDINGS, ADELPHI, W.C.

First Printed 1923

Made and Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London

to
MY CHILDREN
and also to
MY MANY FRIENDS IN
THE BOOK-SELLING TRADE
with the sincere wish that their lives
may be crowned with as much success
and happiness as that which
has blessed my career