Pope, Alexander, a ghost word referred to him, [158], [159];
Hazlitt on, [142].
Possessions, distinguished from Property, [31], [32].
"Power, A secret of personal," [162-167].
Powers of leadership developed under stress, [163].
Pre-Columbian book, see [Mexican].
Prehistoric background of the book, [79-81].
Press, errors of, [152-161].
Pressman, a spoiler of books, [40-42].
Presswork, requirements of, [58].
Prices, as affected by italic, [20],
by the small books of the Elzevirs, [22];
fancy, what they mean, [7];
of choice books compared with those of other art objects, [49];
of choice books not excessive, [7].
"Print as an interpreter of meaning," [14-18].
See also [Typography].
Printer, as affected by spelling reform, [150];
a spoiler of books, [40], [41];
what the librarian asks of him, [47], [48].
Printer's errors, [152-161].
Printing, added only speed and cheapness to book production, [14];
distinctions to the eye in, [16-18];
of Chinese books, [88];
"Printing problems for science to solve," [115-119];
would be benefited by contemporary calligraphy, [51].
See also [Typography].
Privilege of the reader, [63-78].
"Problems, Printing, for science to solve," [115-119].
Progress, possible only in the field of knowledge, [29], [30].
Proof, authors' additions in, [15].
Proofreader, requirements of, [58];
a spoiler of books, [40], [41].
Property, distinguished from Possessions, [31], [32].
Proportions of the page, [4], [42], [55-57].
Prosody, see [Poetry].
Public, value of reading to the, [28], [29].
Publication of books for 1913, [105].
Publisher, librarian's grievance against the, [45-47];
a spoiler of books, [40], [41].
Punctuation, and legibility, [121];
in poetry, [17-18].
Puritans, less modern than Horace, [69];
a Puritan's devotion to Calvin, [166];
Shakespeare best reading for, [72].
Putnam, George Haven, on the Elzevirs, [22].
RAPID reading, [14-17].
Rare books, relatively cheap, [49].
Readable print, see [Legibility].
"Reader's high privilege," [63-78].
Reading, aid of print to, [14], [17];
amount possible in a lifetime, [105];
Erasmus on art of, [166];
John Beattie Crozier on, [111], [112];
"Lest we forget the few great books," [104-114];
means intellectual effort, [74];
of contemporaries, [76], [77];
results of ten pages a day, [108];
"The student and the library," [139-144];
systematic, [74-76];
true end and aim of, [78];
value, to the public and to the individual, [28-32];
when travelling, [22], [23].
Reading aloud, print as an aid to, [17], [18].
Rebindings, costly, unnecessary, [46].
Rebus, place in development of alphabet, [81].
Reference books, [135];
effective typography of, [16], [17].
Reformed spelling, [145-151].
Registration, requirements of, [59].
Rembrandt, his drawing of the elephant, [80];
his "School of Anatomy," as a product of genius, [65].
Reprinting of perishable records, [46].
Responsibility, a stimulus to greatness, [163].
"Respublicæ Variæ," published by the Elzevirs, described, [22], [23].
"Rhetoricorum ad C. Herennium Libri IIII," the Aldus edition of 1546
described, [21].
Roethlein, Barbara Elizabeth, on "The relative legibility of different
faces of printing types," [124-127].
Rogers, Bruce, his Centaur type commended, [132].
Roll, see [Papyrus].
Roman alphabet, see [Alphabet].
Roman codex, see [Codex].
Roman literature, masterpieces of, [68], [69].
Romance literatures, [144].
Romans, surpassed by moderns in knowledge, [30].
Royal octavo, pitfall of the book designer, [12], [13].
Ruskin, John, editions of his works contrasted, [13];
on manuscript books, [51];
on reading Sir Walter Scott, [109].
Russia, annual book publication, [105];
illiterate communities of, [28], [29].
SANBORN, FRANKLIN BENJAMIN, his "Beacon Biography" of Longfellow, [75].
Sanford, Edmund Clark, on "The relative legibility of the small
letters," [122-124].
Scaliger, Julius Caesar, his learning, [106].
Schiller, cited, [52].
School books, misfortune of treating classics as such, [68], [69];
type in, [5], [117].
School children, increase of near sight among, [120].
School of typography, proposed by Henry Stevens, [40-43].
Science, "Printing problems for science to solve," [115-119].
Scott, Sir Walter, alterations in the proof-sheets of his "Waverley
Novels," [15];
a ghost word in his "Monastery," [158];
Goethe on, [110];
Ruskin on, [109].
"Secret of personal power," [162-167].
Sequoyah, his Cherokee syllabary, [146].
Serifs, necessary to prevent irradiation, [123];
source of confusion in types, [123], [124].
Shakespeare, William, "Hamlet" preferred in youth, [111];
Hazlitt on, [142];
his "Apocrypha," on thin paper, [95];
his character and greatness, [70-73];
Lamb would say grace before reading, [77];
"Lear" preferred in old age, [111];
misprints in his works, [157];
privilege of reading, [64], [71], [72];
quoted, [9], [54];
reading, [77];
the spelling of his works, [149], [150];
tribute of Blackmore to, [110].
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, an editor's error in his "Skylark," [157], [158];
inappropriate Forman edition of, [11];
read by young men, [111].
Shelton, Thomas, his translation of "Don Quixote," [144].
Sight, relation of the elements of the book to, [5], [6], [116-119];
"Types and eyes: The problem," [120-127],
—— "Progress," [128-133].
Sign language, [80].
Silent letters, cost to English world, [147].
Size, determines expression of the book, [4];
"Favorite book sizes," [19-27];
of books preferred by librarian, [47];
of letters and legibility, [134], [135];
question of an ideal size of type, [117];
standardization of book sizes, [26], [27].
See also [Bigness]; [Thickness]; [Thinness].
Skeat, Walter William, on ghost words, [158].
Smirke, Robert, illustrator of Barlow's "Columbiad," [10].
Smollett, Tobias George, on reading him, [143].
Society of Printers, address under its auspices, [3], [note].
Socrates, in a Bible of humanity, [68].
Sophocles, as characterized by Mrs. Browning, [67], [68].
Southey, Robert, a favorite edition of, [24].
Spacing, between words, [121];
of letters in words, [120].
Spain, illiterate communities of, [28], [29].
Spanish, language, [144];
spelling, [147].
Spectacles, a measure of civilization, [120].
Spedding, James, at Cambridge University, [139].
Spelling, Milton gave metric hints by, [18];
"Orthographic reform," [145-151].
Spenser, Edmund, Hazlitt on, [142];
his spelling, [149];
Lamb would say grace before reading the "Fairy Queen," [77];
Milton's spiritual kinship to, [72].
Standardization of book sizes, [26], [27].
Sterne, Laurence, a favorite edition of, [24].
Stevens, Henry, "A constructive critic of the book," [38-43];
detects a misprint, [156];
his "My English library," [39];
his "Recollections of Mr. James Lenox," [38], [footnote].
Stevenson, Robert Louis, on Hazlitt, [141].
Stoddard, Richard Henry, on Cervantes and Shakespeare, [70].
Storage of books, see [Bigness], [Thickness], [Thinness].
Strassburg Cathedral, as a product of genius, [65].
"Student, The, and the Library," [139-144].
Study, art of, [166], [167].
Success, won by knowledge, [30].
Swedish spelling, [148].
Sweynheym and Pannartz, grandeur in their work, [4].
TASTE, see Esthetics.
Tauchnitz editions, compared with Little Classic editions, [26].
Tennyson, Alfred, and his brothers at Cambridge University, [139];
inappropriate edition of his "Life," [11];
a novel reader, [107].
Tests, of the utility of the book, [115];
of type, [120-127].
Thackeray, William Makepeace, at Cambridge University, [139];
on reading him, [143];
quoted, [11];
works in illegible print, [130].
Theocritus, as characterized by Mrs. Browning, [68].
Thickness, in books, esthetic effect of, [23], [25];
"Thick paper and thin," [92-96].
Thinness, in books, esthetic effect of, [23];
"Thick paper and thin," [92-96].
Thompson, Francis, indicated caesura by an asterisk, [18].
Thomson, James, Hazlitt on, [142].
Thoreau, Henry David, member of the New England group of authors, [75], [76].
Thou, Jacques Auguste de, binding made for, [100].
Title-page, problems of, [59].
Torrey, Joseph, on reading Dante, [109], [110].
Translations of "Don Quixote," [143], [144].
Tribute typography, [9-13], [136], [137].
Type, aims in its design, [5], [117], [118];
Chinese, [80];
contrast of, [16], [17];
"Exceptions to the rule of legibility," [130], [131], [135-138];
faults of German and French, [117];
in relation to the book beautiful, [57-59], [61];
page, [56], [57];
"Perversities of type," [152-161];
reform of, [118];
"Types and eyes: The problem," [120-127],
—— "Progress," [128-133].
See also [Italic]; [Page].
Typewriting, a form of print, [15].
Typography, primarily a reduction of cost, [115];
school of, proposed by Henry Stevens, [40-43];
tribute typography, [9-13], [136], [137];
a triumph of, [16].
See also [Print].
UNITED STATES, annual book publication, [105];
library development since 1875, [104].
Updike, Daniel Berkeley, his comic edition of Irving's "Knickerbocker,"
[10], [11];
his specimen pages of the "Imitatio Christi," [136].
"VALUE of reading, to the public and to the individual," [28-32].
Values, two great classes, [31], [32].
Vergil, Dante's master, [69];
did not write for children, [68];
his Aeneid, [69];
scanty punctuation in earliest manuscript of, [17].
Verse, see [Poetry].
Vision, see [Sight].
WARD, ARTEMUS, pseudonym, adopts a misprint, [157].
Webster, Daniel, debt to Milton, [110].
Webster, Noah, his "Collegiate Dictionary" on thin paper preferred, [95];
his "Unabridged Dictionary" on large paper, [131].
Wendell, Barrett, on Barlow's "Columbiad," [10].
Wheatley, Henry Benjamin, on "Literary blunders," [156], [157].
Whitman, Walt, on the world's greatest books, [113], [114].
Whittier, John Greenleaf, member of New England group of authors, [75].
Whittingham, Charles, method of book design, [41];
printer, [38].
"Who spoils our new English books?" by Henry Stevens, [38].
Wilberforce, Samuel, Bishop of Oxford, a famous misprint concerning,
[153], [154].
Wordsworth, Dorothy, on favorite books, [3].
Wordsworth, William, a favorite edition of, [24];
read by old men, [111].
World Almanac, commended, [130], [131].
Writing, see [Authorship]; [Manuscript]; [Materials].
XENOPHON, contributor to a Bible of humanity, [68];
did not write for children, [68].

Transcriber's Notes:

Table of Contents: The chapter heading "The Value of Reading" is an abbreviation of the chapter heading on page 28. Left as is

Page [31]: Full stop added after "Was but a book"

Page [62]: techiness sic

Page [86]: Kuran and Kurán sic

Page [108]: Comma added after "daily"

Page [157]: Full stop added after "before him"

Page [171]: Ae in Aeschylus replaced with ae ligature to match text in book