# Books Condemned to be Burnt

Author: Farrer, James Anson, 1849-1925

Genre: Category: History - Other

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31520

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Books+Condemned+to+be+Burnt+Farrer&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

There is the sort of attraction that belongs to all forbidden fruit in books which some public authority has condemned to the flames. And seeing that to collect something is a large part of the secret of human happiness, it occurred to me that a variety of the happiness that is sought in book collecting might be found in making a collection of books of this sort. I have, therefore, put together the following narrative of our burnt literature as some kind of aid to any book-lover who shall choose to take my hint and make the peculiarity I have indicated the key-note to the formation of his library.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/books-condemned-to-be-burnt-31520/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/books-condemned-to-be-burnt-31520/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/books-condemned-to-be-burnt-31520/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/books-condemned-to-be-burnt-31520/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/books-condemned-to-be-burnt-31520/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/books-condemned-to-be-burnt-31520/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/books-condemned-to-be-burnt-31520/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/books-condemned-to-be-burnt-31520/chapters/6/index.md)