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    In the Track of the Bookworm
    In the Track of the Bookworm
    In the Track of the Bookworm
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    In the Track of the Bookworm

    By Irving Browne

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      In the Track of the Bookworm - Irving Browne

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      Title: In the Track of the Bookworm

      Author: Irving Browne

      Release Date: July 17, 2011 [EBook #36764]

      Language: English

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      IN THE TRACK OF THE BOOK-WORM by Irving Browne: thoughts, fancies and gentle gibes on Collecting and Collectors by one of them.

      DONE INTO A BOOK AT THE ROYCROFT

      PRINTING SHOP AT EAST AURORA,

      NEW YORK, U. S. A.

      MDCCCXCVII

      Copyrighted by

      The Roycroft Printing Shop

      1897

      CHAPTERS.

      BALLADS.

      The Track of the Book-Worm.

      I.

      OBJECTS OF COLLECTION.

      But all these curious objects of search fall into insignificance when compared with the ancient, noble and useful passion for collecting books. One of the wisest of the human race said, the only earthly immortality is in writing a book; and the desire to accumulate these evidences of earthly immortality needs no defense among cultivated men.

      II.

      WHO HAVE COLLECTED BOOKS.

      Cicero, who possessed a superb library, especially rich in Greek, at his villa in Tusculum, thus describes his favorite acquisitions: Books to quicken the intelligence of youth, delight age, decorate prosperity, shelter and solace us in adversity, bring enjoyment at home, befriend us out-of-doors, pass the night with us, travel with us, go into the country with us.

      St. Helena destroyed this scheme. It is curious to

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