| 1. | How a Bibliomaniac Binds his Books | [26] |
| 2. | The Bibliomaniac’s Assignment of Binders | [28] |
| 3. | The Failing Books | [33] |
| 4. | Suiting Paper to Subject | [34] |
| 5. | The Sentimental Chambermaid | [37] |
| 6. | A Woman’s Idea of a Library | [42] |
| 7. | The Shy Portraits | [54] |
| 8. | The Snatchers | [71] |
| 9. | The Stolid Auctioneer | [75] |
| 10. | The Prophetic Book | [80] |
| 11. | The Book-Seller | [82] |
| 12. | The Public Librarian | [85] |
| 13. | The Book-Worm does not care for Nature | [97] |
| 14. | How I go A-Fishing | [99] |
| 15. | The Book-Thief | [111] |
| 16. | The Smoke Traveler | [112] |
| 17. | The Fire in the Library | [116] |
| 18. | Cleaning the Library | [117] |
| 19. | Ode to Omar | [119] |
| 20. | My Dog | [121] |
| 21. | My Clocks | [123] |
| 22. | A Portrait | [125] |
| 23. | My Schoolmate | [126] |
| 24. | My Shingle | [129] |
| 25. | Solitaire | [130] |
| 26. | My Friends the Books | [133] |
| o book-worms all, of high or low degree, Whate’er of madness be their stages, And just as well unknown as known to me, I dedicate these trifling pages, In hope that when they turn them o’er They will not find the Track a bore. |
The Track of the Book-Worm.
I.
OBJECTS OF COLLECTION.
