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1、THELIBRARY1THELIBRARYByAndrewLang1THELIBRARY2PREFATORYNOTEThepagesinthisvolumeonilluminatedandotherMSS.(withtheexceptionofsomeanecdotesaboutBussyRabutinandJuliedeRambouillet)havebeencontributedbytheRev.W.J.Loftie,whohasalsowrittenonearlyprintedbooks(pp.94-95)
2、.ThepagesontheBiblioklept(pp.46-56)arereprinted,withtheEditor'skindpermission,fromtheSaturdayReview;andafewremarksonthemorallessonsofbookstallsaretakenfromanessayinthesamejournal.Mr.IngramBywater,FellowofExeterCollege,andlatelysub-LibrarianoftheBodleian,hasve
3、rykindlyreadthroughtheproofsofchaptersI.,II.,andIII.,andsuggestedsomealterations.ThanksarealsoduetoMr.T.R.Buchanan,FellowofAllSoulsCollege,fortwoplatesfromhis"Book-bindingsinAllSoulsLibrary"(printedforprivatecirculation),whichhehasbeengoodenoughtolendme.Thepl
4、atesarebeautifullydrawnandcolouredbyDr.J.J.Wild.Messrs.GeorgeBell&Sons,Messrs.Bradbury,Agnew,&Co.,andMessrs.Chatto&Windus,mustbethankedfortheuseofsomeofthewoodcutswhichillustratetheconcludingchapter.A.L.2THELIBRARY3ANAPOLOGYFORTHEBOOK-HUNTER"Allmen,"saysDr.Di
5、bdin,"liketobetheirownlibrarians."Awriteronthelibraryhasnobusinesstolaydownthelawastothebooksthateventhemostinexperiencedamateursshouldtrytocollect.Therearebookswhichnoloverofliteraturecanaffordtobewithout;classics,ancientandmodern,onwhichtheworldhaspronounce
6、ditsverdict.Theseworks,inwhatevershapewemaybeabletopossessthem,arethenecessaryfoundationsofeventhesmallestcollections.Homer,DanteandMiltonShakespeareandSophocles,AristophanesandMoliere,Thucydides,Tacitus,andGibbon,SwiftandScott,--theseeveryloverofletterswilld
7、esiretopossessintheoriginallanguagesorintranslations.Thelistofsuchclassicsisshortindeed,andwhenwegobeyondit,thetastesofmenbegintodifferverywidely.Anassortmentofbroadsheetballadsandscrap-books,boughtinboyhood,wasthenucleusofScott'slibrary,richintheworksofpoets
8、andmagicians,ofalchemists,andanecdotists.Achildishlikingforcolouredprintsofstagecharacters,maybethegermofatheatricalcollectionlikethoseofDouce,andMalone,andCousin.Peoplewhoarestudyinganyp