'Whatever the hold which the aristocracy of England has on the heart of England, in that they are still always in front of her battles, this hold will not be enough, unless they are also in front of her thoughts.'[75]
'But it is not gold that you want to gather! What is it? Greenbacks? No; not those neither. What is it then—is it ciphers after a capital I? Cannot you practise writing ciphers, and write as many as you want? Write ciphers for an hour every morning, in a big book, and say every evening, I am worth all those noughts more than I was yesterday. Won't that do? Well, what in the name of Plutus is it you want? Not gold, not greenbacks, not ciphers after a capital I? You will have to answer after all, "No; we want, somehow or other, money's worth." Well, what is that? Let your Goddess of Getting-on discover it, and let her learn to stay therein.'[76]
'And the entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy the right things—not merely industrious, but to love industry—not merely learned, but to love knowledge—not merely pure, but to love purity—not merely just, but to hunger and thirst after justice.'[77]
INDEX
Abbotsford Library Catalogue, printed by Maitland Club, [80]
Abbotsford Library, impressions of, [80]
Accessions, on placing, [89]
Acland, Sir H., the 'Radcliffe' bookcase, [113]
Addison, Essay on 'My Lady's Library,' [50]
Addison's picture of 'Tom Folio,' [79]
Advertisements, which to distrust, [14]
Ælius, [148]
Æmylius Protus, [148]
Agabito, librarian to the Duke of Urbino, [119]
Albemarle, Duke of, [78]
Alberti, [142]
Ambrose, St., [148]
American tables, [104]
Angelo, Michael, [142]
Angling books, [10]
Anonymous Literature, how to catalogue, [84], [85]
Anthrenus varius, bookboring insect, [23]
Apollo Library, [135]
Appliances for the library, [103]
Aquinas, St. Thomas, [148]
Arcangelo, Don, [138]
Archaic Dictionary, [44]
Architecture, by Vitruvius, [119]
Aristotle, Inspection of the works of, [147]
Aristotle's Politics, [143]
Athanasius, St., [148]
Augustine, St., [148]
Augustus, Emperor, author and booklover, [135]
Austen, J., Northanger Abbey, [36]
Author, the, [3]
—— whims and fancies of, [3]
Autograph letters, how to catalogue, [64]
Bacon, Lord, [36]
—— his retreat at Gorhambury, [107]
Bacon's Natural History, [40]
—— Organon, [74]
Baker's Chronicle, [72]
Baldi's description of a Florentine palace, [110], [146]
Balfour, Mr., advice on reading, [27]
Barclay, A., Ship of Fools, [76]
Basil, St., [148]
Beauchamp, Guy, earl of Warwick, Library of early romances, [71]
Beauclerk, T., [79]
—— Library of, in Great Russell Street, [107]
Bedford, Duke of, and Charles V.'s Library, [71]
Beecher, H. W., on reading, [30]
Benedetti, B., Book lists of, [147]
—— librarian to Francesco Maria, [147]
—— C., of Pesaro, [147]
Beyle, Henri, Pseudonyms used by, [84]
Bianchini's works, [110], [146]
Bible, [148]
Bibliography, Science of, when commenced, [144]
Bibliomaniacs, Great, [71]
Blackie, J. S., on reading, [32]
Blackwood's Magazine, Extracts from, [30], [31], [32]
Blades, W., Enemies of Books, [7], [21], [100]
—— on the handling of books, [22]
—— on the preservation of books, [19], [99]
Blatta Australasia, a bookboring cockroach, [23]
Bookbinding, [52]
—— and the bookbinder, [23]
—— colour, [49], [54]
—— Covers, what to choose, [64]
—— errors of taste, [56]
—— gilding, [57]
—— Good, what is fatal to, [97]
—— leather, kind to choose, [54]
—— lettering, [58]
—— marbling, [55]
—— provincial, [7]
—— style and colour of, [49]
—— style, [49], [54]
—— the, remarks on, [61]
—— what is good and bad, [5], [6]
Books, accidentally destroyed, [12]
—— arranging, difficulty of, [17]
—— care of, [15], [16]
—— —— maxims for, [24]
—— classification of, [87]
—— commonplace, [38]
—— contents of, how to master the, [31], [32]
—— counterfeit, [52]
—— dusting, [20], [21]
—— enemies of, [7], [16], [17], [18], [21], [23]
—— binding, fifteenth-century, [70]
—— handling, [22]
—— housing of, [100]
—— metal bosses on, desks for, [106]
—— packing, [24], [25]
—— ——— Rare and handsome, [89]
—— ——— Reference, [89]
—— Rare, what constitutes, [11]
—— ——— Why so called, [12]
—— How to read, [32]
—— Recommending, [33]
—— Reference, [42]
—— ——— List of good, [44]
—— ——— On placing, [89]
—— ——— Uses of, [43]
—— Repairing, [60], [61]
—— Restoring, [60], [61]
—— Ruined, how often, [7]
—— Shelfmarking, [93]
—— Sizes of, as decided upon by the Associated Librarians of Great Britain, [98]
—— Suppressed, [12]
—— Treatment of, [108]
—— Valueless, [14]
Bookcase, the 'Radcliffe' iron, [113]
—— revolving, [105]
Bookcases, [49], [94]
—— at Trinity College, Cambridge, [102]
—— beautiful specimens of, [99]
—— for rare and beautiful books, &c., [99]
—— glass doors undesirable, [100]
—— height of, [50], [95]
—— in bedrooms, [38]
—— lettering and numbering, [93], [99]
—— shelves covered with padded leather, [100]
—— Tonks' patent fittings advisable, [95]
Book-collecting, Revival in, at Florence, [140]
Book collectors, early, [71]
—— collectors of the eighteenth century, [79]
—— hobbies, [65]
—— readers, two classes, [34]
—— screen, [47]
Bookshelves, [130]
Book support, metal, [106]
—— values, [9]
—— —— how to determine, [9]
Booksellers, Old London, [72]
Bookworm, The, [23]
Bordesley Abbey, and the Earl of Warwick's Library, [71]
Boston Public Library, Roxbury Branch, dimensions of book-room, [113]
Boswell, Life of Johnson, [3]
Boudoir bindings, pretty effects of, [48]
—— libraries, [46]
—— library catalogue, [50]
Bowen, on Novel Reading, [37]
Bracciolini, Poggio, [137]
Bradshaw, H., the Cambridge University Librarian, [117]
Braybrooke, Lord, his collection of county histories, [66]
British Museum Library Catalogue, [85]
Brontë, C., Jane Eyre, [37]
Bruni, Lionardo, [137]
Buchanan, G., [117]
Buckram binding, [62]
Buffalo Bug, or Carpet Bug, [23]
Burke, on reading, [31]
Bustle tails, bookboring insects, [23]
Butler's Hudibras, [72], [74]
Cæsar, [148]
Cambridge University, History of, by Willis and Clark, [120]
Campano, Bishop of Teramo, [149]
Campion, Hanmer and Spencer's History of Ireland, [75]
Care of books, On the, [15]
—— Maxims to be learned, [24]
Carlyle, on a library catalogue, [81]
Carpet Bug, or Buffalo Bug, [23]
Casaubon, among his books, [72]
Catalogue, a fifteenth-century, [70]
—— Alphabetical system, advantages of, [86]
—— Classification of the, [82]
—— Sectional, Lord Crawford's, [83]
—— The, [81]
—— The, alphabetical arrangement of, [81]
—— The, classified system, advantages of, [86]
—— The, cross-references, [85]
—— The, how not to make, [82], [84]
—— The, expert advice on, [84]
—— The, rules to be observed, [85]
—— The, subjects, classification of, [86]
—— The, preparing titles, [87]
Chairs, Library, [104]
Charles V. of France, library of, [71]
Chaucer, Speght's edition (1602), [75]
Chippendale, bookcase designs by, [99]
Chrysoloras, M., [143]
Chrysostom, St., [148]
Clarissa Harlowe, [60]
Clark, J. W., on the position of the library, [119]
—— Student-life of the past, [72]
Classic authors, list of, [148]
Classics, no suitable edition in England as in France, [1]
Classification, [81]
—— of books, [87]
Clement XI., Pope, and the eagle lectern, [147]
Clement, D., Bibliothèque curieuse, [11]
Clement, D., on degrees of rarity, [11], [13]
Colet, among his books, [72]
Collected editions, how to catalogue, [94]
Commonplace books, [38]
—— books, simplest form of, [40]
Compositor, the, [3]
Condition, as affecting the price of books, [13], [11]
Consuelo, [37]
Consumer, the, [3]
Cosimo's generosity to men of letters, [144]
—— Medicean library, [138]
—— plan of the formation of a library, [138]
—— versatility and comprehensive intellect, [139]
—— zeal for learning, [139]
Cotton's library, dimensions of, [73]
Counterfeit books, [52]
County collections, what should be aimed at, [66]
—— Histories, on collecting, [66]
Courthope's edition of Pope, [3]
Crawford, Lord, Ballad catalogue, [83]
—— Collection of books, pamphlets, ballads, &c., [65]
—— Sectional catalogue, [83]
Cross-references, when to make, [85]
Cunningham, P., edition of Walpole's letters, [3]
Curiosities, arrangement of, in library, [122]
Cyril, St., [148]
Damp, an enemy to books, [17]
De Maistre's Journey Round my Room, [47]
Dennistoun's Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, [110], [145], [147], [149]
Desk, standing, [105]
Dictionaries, use of, [30]
Dives et Pauper, [70]
Drawings, safe keeping of, [106]
Duns Scotus, [148]
Dusting of books, [20], [21]
Edis' Decoration and Furniture of Town Houses, [132]
Éditions de luxe, [3]
Education, What is? [45]
Edwards, Memoirs of Libraries, [13], [97], [99], [100]
—— on bookcases, [97], [99]
Elizabethan Poetry, catalogue of, [83]
Ellwanger's Story of my House, [9], [104]
Elton, Great Book Collectors, [115], [149]
Elwin's edition of Pope, [3]
Enemies of books, [17], [18], [19], [21]
Erasmus, among his books, [72]
Eusebius, [148]
Evelyn's directions for gathering a library, [78]
—— Letter to Pepys on the Seventeenth Century libraries, [79]
Eversley Rectory armchair, [105]
Facetiæ, on placing, [89]
Family papers, how to catalogue, [64]
Farnaby, T., Index Rhetoricus, [74]
Federigo, Count, famous library of MSS., [110], [146]
—— Duke, Literary habits of, [148]
Feltrian dukes, MSS., [147]
Fergusson's Architecture, [44]
Ficino, Translator of Plato, [142]
Fiction Library, how to arrange, [36]
Fiesole, Abbey of, on building a library at, [138]
Fiesole Abbey, Library of, [138]
Fifteenth Century Library Catalogue, [70]
Fine Copy? What is a, [5], [6]
First Edition Craze, fight against, [14]
Fish Bugs, bookboring insects, [23]
Florence, Revival in learning at, [140]
—— Studio Pubblico, Improvement of the, [143]
Florentine Library, Description of a great, [110]
Floriculture, on collecting books on, [67]
'Foxed' Book, A, [6]
Foxhounds in England, [135]
Francesco Maria's literary pursuits, [147]
Froude, W., The 'Radcliffe' bookcase, [113]
Fuller, T., on memory and note-books, [39]
Gas, an enemy to books, [18]
Genealogical books, rise in price of, [66]
Getting-on, Goddess of, [152]
Gibbon, Edward, [1]
—— library catalogue, [83]
Gilbey, Sir W., sporting books, [67]
Gilding, Advice on, [57]
Giorgio, F. di, Treatise on Architecture, [148]
Gladstone, W. E., Books, and the Housing of them, [100]
—— Gladstone in the Evening of his Days, [36], [108], [110]
—— on library shelves, [96]
Gladstone's Temple of Peace, Tables in, [104]
Glastonbury, Treasures at, [69]
'Globe' edition of English classics, [2]
Goldsmith Chair, The, [105]
Good Edition, how to make, [3]
—— What is a, [1]
Gosse, E., Library Catalogue, [83]
Gregory, St., [148]
Greek Fathers, writings of, [148]
Greenbacks, [152]
Guidobaldo I., Library Rules, [118]
Haigh Hall, Ballad Catalogue at, [83]
—— Library Catalogue, who compiled by, [65]
Hallam's Literary History, [41]
Hamerton, Philip G., Advice on reading, [27], [28], [29]
Harding's Chronicle, [76]
Hart, Dr. E., on books in bedrooms, [38]
Hawarden Library annexe, [107]
—— —— Cost of, [113]
Heat, an enemy to books, [18]
Heppelwhite, Bookcase design by, [99]
Hill, B., Edition of Boswell's Johnson, [3]
Howard, Sir J., Library of, [70]
'Humanity Room' at Hawarden, [109]
Humphrey, Duke, [71]
Ireland, History of, [75]
Ink Maker, The, [3]
Jerome, St., [148]
Jessopp, Dr., Library annexe of, [107]
—— on old libraries, [68]
Johnson, Dr., careless with his books, [16]
—— Life of, [3]
—— on knowledge, [42]
—— on the editions of Thomas à Kempis, [67]
Johnson's Dictionary, [44]
Justin, [148]
Kerr's Gentleman's House, [120]
Knowledge, On. Extract from the Spectator, [42]
—— Two kinds of, [42]
Lady's Library, how arranged, [51]
Lamb, choice of books, [34]
Lampson, L., Rowfant Library Catalogue, [83]
Landino, [142]
Lang, A., remarks on the 'binder,' [61]
—— on the care of books, [16]
Lapaccini, Fra G., a MS. copyist, [138]
Large-paper copies, [8], [13]
Larousse's Grand Dictionnaire, [43]
Leather for binding, [53]
Lectern, an historic eagle, [146]
Leighton, J., Book-plate Annual, [15]
—— Careless handling of books, [16]
Leland, C. G., on Mending and Repairing, [61]
—— Glastonbury treasures, [69]
Leonora's library, how arranged, [51]
Lepisma Saccharina, bookboring insects, [23]
L'Escholle des Filles, [77]
Librarian, A, [115]
—— Qualifications of a good, [115], [117]
—— The motto of a good, [118]
Libraries, Classification of headings of, [94]
—— in country houses, lamentable condition of, [15]
—— Old country, [68]
—— XIIth century, [69]
—— XIIIth century, [69]
—— XVIIth century, [72]
—— Suite of, [121]
—— Public, Originator of, [143]
Library, The Extract from, [150]
Library, Appliances for the, [103]
—— The, architecturally, [119]
—— arrangement, On, [91]
—— Arrangement of, two plans, [121]
—— Artistic treatment of the, [122]
—— Aspect for the, [125]
—— An economic, [133]
—— Curiosities in, [22]
—— Decorations of the, [131]
—— Enemy of the, [120]
—— fireplace, [126]
—— intercommunication, [126]
—— On heating, [120], [128]
—— On lighting, [120]
—— Portable, Composition of a, [46]
—— Position of the, [119], [124]
—— rules, [118]
—— Study attached to the, [127]
—— Windows in the, [125]
—— annexe, The, [106]
Library Association Report, 1878, [115]
—— Journal, Reference to, [91]
—— —— American, [117]
Lionardo, M., translator of Aristotle's Politics, [143]
Lippincott's Biographical Dictionary, [44]
Livy, [148]
Lockhart, Life of Sir W. Scott, [80]
Lorenzo and his literary circle, [142]
Lucullus' vast collection of books, [135]
Macaulay, private libraries in 1685, [79]
—— State of England in 1685, [72]
Magazines, How to bind, [63]
Maggliabecchi, Anecdote of, [116]
—— his abnormal knowledge of books, [115]
Manetti, Giannozzo, [137]
Manuscripts, How to catalogue, [64]
—— collecting and preserving at Florence, [140]
—— Collection of ancient, [149]
—— Famous library of, [110]
—— of the Feltrian dukes, [147]
—— Urbino's library of, [146]
Marbling, what to choose, [55]
Marryat, original binding of his novels, [6]
Marsuppini, Carlo, [137]
Maxwell, Sir H., advice on reading, [26]
Medicean Library, [138]
Medici, Cosimo de', on housing of large libraries, [137]
—— The, and their friends, [137]
—— Lorenzo de', [137]
Memory and note-books, [39]
Mending and repairing, [61]
Middleton Cheney, Library annexe at, [107]
Mirandola, P. della, [41], [142]
Monastic libraries, Old, [69]
Monmouth rebellion, romances on, [36]
Monreale, Archbishop of, [147]
Morocco leather, kind to choose,
