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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
Bronte, 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
Caesar, 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., Bibliotheque 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
Editions 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
Facetiae, 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 a 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, 54
Munificent book-buying, 133
Murray's Dictionary, 59
—— Magazine, on county histories, 66
Music, How to bind, 64
Napoleon, on the composition of a portable library, 46
—— a lover of small books, 46
—— and novel-reading, 38
Nares' Glossary, 44
Natural history, on collecting books on, 67
Naude, G., Avis pour dresser une Bibliotheque, 10, 79
Naziazen, St. Gregory, 148
Niccoli, N. de', Home life and habits of, 141
—— literary dictator at Florence, 140
—— to whom he bequeathed his library, 137
Nicetas, 148
Nicholas V. Pope, Book list of, 139
Nineteenth Century, Extracts from the, 26, 68, 111
Nordau, millionaires in England, 133
North, Dr. John, his book-loving habits, 8
—— Dr. J., Library of, 73
—— Life of, 73
North's Lives of the Norths, 7
Notes, Suggestions on taking, 41
Novel-reading, 33
—— lecture on, 36, 37
Novels, how to bind, 62
Octavia Library, 135
Oldys, W., 79
Oliveriana Library, 147
Oxford, Lord, 79
—— University of. Duke Humphrey's collection of illuminated treasures, 71
Pamphlets, how to bind, 63
—— how to catalogue, 63, 94
Paper, coloured, 13
—— fine, 13
—— hand-made, 8
—— Japanese vellum, 8
—— vellum, 13
—— knives, 16
—— maker, the, 3
Parentucelli, T., Catalogue of S. Marco Library, 137
Parker's Domestic Architecture, Reference to, 70
Paston Letters, 70
Pattison, Mark, a type of a scholar, 134
Payn, J., on the best hundred books, 30
Pembroke, Earl of, 79
Pepys' books, how numbered and titled, 78
—— book presses, 75
—— book presses at Magdalene College, 75
—— Collection of Ballads, &c., 65
—— Diary, 43, 59, 74, &c.
—— library catalogue, 76
—— library catalogue, classification of, 82, 89
—— a lover of books, 74
—— manuscripts, 77
—— single sheets, 77
Periodicals, Unbound, on placing, 89
Pesaro, Library of, 138
Petrarch, project of a public library, 143
Phillips, W., anecdote of George Sumner, 116
Pickering, Publications issued by, 4
Pieresc, and his books, 149
—— Funeral oration on, 150
Plato, Teachings of, 142
Plato's Works, 143
Plutarch, 148
—— on Lucullus' Library, 135
Plutarch's Lives, 143
Poetical Concordances, 44
Poliziano, 142
Poole, Mr., on enemies to books, 18
Pope, 'Globe' edition of, 2
Pope's Works, the edition of Courthope and Elwin, 3
Preservation of book covers, A recipe for, 20
Pressman, The, 3
Priceus, Defensio Hist. Brit., 76
Printer, The, 3
Prints, safe keeping of, 106
Private Library, divisions or classification of a, 89
Psalms, French, 74
Pseudonyms, how to catalogue, 84
Publisher, The, 3
Pulci, 142
Putnam's Books and their Makers, 71, 142
Ptolemy's Cosmography, 143
Quintus Curtius, 148
Quotations, Dictionary of, 44
Radcliffe bookcases, cost of, 114
Rare books, what constitutes, 12
—— why so called, 11
Rarity as affecting the price of books, 11
Rawlinson, T., 79
Reader, The, 3
Reading, The art of, 25
—— —— literature on, 26
—— seat, 96
Record, unpublished, advisability of typing, 64
Reference books, 42
—— American, 43
—— French, 43
—— uses of, 43
Regulations, Book of, of Guidobaldo I, 118
Renaissance history, 136
Richardson's Dictionary, 44
Rochester's Poems, 78
Romances, Guy Beauchamp's library of, 71
Romola, 37
Roscoe, Mr., on book-collecting, 144
Rowfant Library Catalogue, 83
Ruddiman, T., 117
Ruskin, J., advice on book collecting, 150, 151
—— choice of books, 34
—— his scheme of a Royal series of books, 4
Ruskin's Crown of Wild Olive, 152
—— Sesame and Lilies, 151, 152
Sachetti, Franco, 137
Sala, G. A., On common-place books, 39, 40
Sallust, 148
Salutati, C. de, On utility of public libraries, 143
S. Giorgio Maggiore, Library of, 137
—— MSS. of, at Florence, 137
S. Marco, Catalogue of Library of, 138
Santa Trinita, Proposed public library at, 143
Scott, R., bill of books supplied to Pepys, 77
—— Bookseller of the XVIIth Century, 73
Scott, Sir W., Life of, 80
—— his care of books, 16
—— Novels of, original bindings of, 6
Seven Champions of Christendom, 72
Seventeenth Century Literature, Catalogue of, 83
Sevigne, Mme. de, Letters of, 109
Shakespeare, 'Cambridge' Edition of, 2, 53
'Shannon' Tables, 104
Shaw, G. B., on an economic library, 133
Shelf Classification, Difficulty of, 88
Sheraton, Bookcase designs by, 99
Silver Fish, bookboring insects, 23
'Sleepy Hollow,' an armchair at Eversley, 105
Smith, L. P., Qualifications of a Librarian, 117
Smith, W., Greek and Roman Biography, 44
Somers, Lord, 79
Soulsby, Miss Lucy, Things in Book Clothing, 28
Spartianus, 148
Spectator, Extract from, on Knowledge, 42
Spencer, George, Earl, 79
—— Earl, Library at Manchester, 79
Sport, Reference to, 133
Sporting books, on collecting, 67
Staghounds in England, 135
Stanley, Col., 79
Steps, Library, 106
Stevens, Who spoils our English Books? 3, 4
Stevenson, R. L., Works. 'Edinburgh' Edition, 4
Strozzi, Palla degli, Greek learning, 142
—— originator of public libraries, 143
Subjects, Short, classification of, 85
Suetonius, 148
Sumner, G., Anecdote of, 116
—— his knowledge of books, 116
Sunderland, Charles, Earl of, 79
Suppressed books, 12
Symonds, On great literary undertakings, 142
—— Revival of Learning, 139, 140, 142, 144
Tables, Library, 104
Tacitus, 148
Tarleton's Jests, 72
Tatler—Addison's Picture of Tom Folio, 79
Tiberius, Library of, 135
Title-pages, ruined, 7
Titles, how to prepare, 87
Thirlwall, on reading, 31
Thomas a Kempis, Editions of, 68
Thomas of Saranza, founder of the Vatican Library, 145
Todd's Gower and Chaucer, 72
—— Index Rerum, 39
Tonk's Patent Fittings for Bookcases, 95
Topographical Books, on collecting, 66
—— Rise in price of, 66
Traill, H. D., on book readers, 35
Trajan, Library of, 135
Traversari, Ambrogio, 137
Urbino, Dukes of, 110, 144
—— Memoirs of the, 119
—— book-collecting by, 145
—— hospitality to men of letters, 148
—— Library of, 138
—— his collection of ancient MSS., 149
Valvio, G., Publisher of Plato (1482), 142
Vespasiano, a MSS. copyist, 138
—— on Casimo's plan of forming a library, 138
—— on Federigo's literary habits, 148
—— on the S. Marco Library Catalogue, 138
Vitruvius' Architecture, 119, 125
Walpole, H., on Beauclerk's library, 107
Walpole's Letters, edited by Cunningham, 3
Wanley, H., 79
Warwick, Earl of, Library of early romances, List of, 71, 72
Weeding out, 80
Wheatley, B. R., on library arrangement, 90
Wheatley, H. B., Pepys and the World he lived in, 74, 82, 90
Where is it? 40
White Canons, Catalogue of the House of the, 70
Whittingham, Books printed by, 4
Whittingham's garden at Chiswick, 4
Wilberforce, Dr., on knowledge, 42
Wilkinson's Ancient Egyptians, 44
Willett, Deb., 78
Willis and Clark, History of Cambridge University, 120
Wordsworth, careless with his books, 16
Wren, Sir C., bookcases at Trinity College, Cambridge, 102
Wren, W., on Education, 45
Zola, 110
London: STRANGEWAYS, Printers.
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Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
Page 53, " ssued" changed to "issued" (issued in a separate)
Page 61, "cuttting" changed to "cutting" (even cutting off lines)
Page 64, "callendar" changed to "calendar" (instructions to calendar)
Page 153, "Aelus" changed to "AElius" (AElius, 148)
Page 153, "Aemylius" changed to "AEmylius" (AEmylius Protus, 148)
Page 155, "Lionardi" changed to "Lionardo" (Bruni, Lionardo, 137)
Page 156, Bronte changed to "Bronte" (Bronte, C.,)
Page 158, "Gentlemen's" changed to "Gentleman's" (Kerr's Gentlemen's House, 120)
Page 158, "Lapaccim" changed to "Lapaccini" (Lapaccini, Fra G., a MS. copyist, 138)
Page 158, "bookbinding" changed to "bookboring" (Lepisma Saccharina, bookboring insects)
Page 158, "Th" changed to "The" (Library, The,)
Page 159, "Nazianzen" changed to "Naziazen" (Naziazen, St. Gregory, 148)
Page 162, "MMS." changed to "MSS." (Vespasiano, a MSS.)
Buckram is sometimes capitalized and sometimes not. This was retained.
This book hyphenates or not on a whim. For example: Common-place and Commonplace. These were retained.
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