In the name of the Bodleian, and other essays
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- In the name of the Bodleian, and other essays
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- 1905
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In the name of the Bodleian, and other essays
Author: Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933
Year: 1905
'In the name of the Bodleian.'--Bookworms.--Confirmed readers.--First editions.--Gossip in a library.--Librarians at play.--Lawyers at play.--The non-jurors.--Lord Chesterfield.--The Johnsonian legend.--Boswell as biographer.--Old pleasure gardens.--Old booksellers.--A few words about copyright in books.--Hannah More once more.--Arthur Young.--Thomas Paine.--Charles Bradlaugh.--Disraeli ex relatione Sir William Fraser.--A connoisseur.--Our great middle class.--Tar and whitewash.--Itineraries.--Epitaphs.--'Hansard.'--Contempt of court.--Edward VII., chapter 12
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