Rambles in Books (Classic Reprint)
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Blackburn, Charles F.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Rambles in Books What are books? To some people, of course, they are nothing. To the author, they may be the vehicle of ideas which he desires to convey to his fellow-men. What are books to their owners? Many will say, offhand, "Something to read, to be sure!" - as if the question were an absurd one. Roughly said, the uses of books are threefold - for reference, instantaneously to answer any question which may arise in the mind; for reading, as books or narrative; for mere amusement, as novels. More concisely put - a book is a source of knowledge or of pleasure. If memoirs are provided with indexes, they become books of reference, and thus the three kinds resolve themselves into two. The composer of this little volume has gone through the usual throes before settling its title. The "Pleasure of having books, shown from a collection of four hundred volumes" was the first attempt. This, though exactly designating its purpose, was too cumbrous. Then came "Journeys among books," modified afterwards to "Journeys in books." The last of these is truer than its predecessor, besides being a little shorter. But the word "journey" has a flavour of business about it Wherefore "rambles" is better. A man who is on business may not ramble. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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