Chapter 9

Bordesley Abbey, and the Earl of Warwick's Library, 71

Boston Public Library, Roxbury Branch, dimensions of book-room, 113

Boswell, _Life of Johnson_, 3

Boudoir bindings, pretty effects of, 48

---- libraries, 46

---- library catalogue, 50

Bowen, on _Novel Reading_, 37

Bracciolini, Poggio, 137

Bradshaw, H., the Cambridge University Librarian, 117

Braybrooke, Lord, his collection of county histories, 66

British Museum Library Catalogue, 85

Bronte, C., _Jane Eyre_, 37

Bruni, Lionardo, 137

Buchanan, G., 117

Buckram binding, 62

Buffalo Bug, or Carpet Bug, 23

Burke, on reading, 31

Bustle tails, bookboring insects, 23

Butler's _Hudibras_, 72, 74

Caesar, 148

_Cambridge University_, _History of_, by Willis and Clark, 120

Campano, Bishop of Teramo, 149

Campion, Hanmer and Spencer's History of Ireland, 75

Care of books, On the, 15

---- Maxims to be learned, 24

Carlyle, on a library catalogue, 81

Carpet Bug, or Buffalo Bug, 23

Casaubon, among his books, 72

Catalogue, a fifteenth-century, 70

---- Alphabetical system, advantages of, 86

---- Classification of the, 82

---- Sectional, Lord Crawford's, 83

---- The, 81

---- The, alphabetical arrangement of, 81

---- The, classified system, advantages of, 86

---- The, cross-references, 85

---- The, how not to make, 82, 84

---- The, expert advice on, 84

---- The, rules to be observed, 85

---- The, subjects, classification of, 86

---- The, preparing titles, 87

Chairs, Library, 104

Charles V. of France, library of, 71

Chaucer, Speght's edition (1602), 75

Chippendale, bookcase designs by, 99

Chrysoloras, M., 143

Chrysostom, St., 148

_Clarissa Harlowe_, 60

Clark, J. W., on the position of the library, 119

---- Student-life of the past, 72

Classic authors, list of, 148

Classics, no suitable edition in England as in France, 1

Classification, 81

---- of books, 87

Clement XI., Pope, and the eagle lectern, 147

Clement, D., _Bibliotheque curieuse_, 11

Clement, D., on degrees of rarity, 11, 13

Colet, among his books, 72

Collected editions, how to catalogue, 94

Commonplace books, 38

---- books, simplest form of, 40

Compositor, the, 3

Condition, as affecting the price of books, 13, 11

_Consuelo_, 37

Consumer, the, 3

Cosimo's generosity to men of letters, 144

---- Medicean library, 138

---- plan of the formation of a library, 138

---- versatility and comprehensive intellect, 139

---- zeal for learning, 139

Cotton's library, dimensions of, 73

Counterfeit books, 52

County collections, what should be aimed at, 66

---- Histories, on collecting, 66

Courthope's edition of Pope, 3

Crawford, Lord, Ballad catalogue, 83

---- Collection of books, pamphlets, ballads, &c., 65

---- Sectional catalogue, 83

Cross-references, when to make, 85

Cunningham, P., edition of Walpole's letters, 3

Curiosities, arrangement of, in library, 122

Cyril, St., 148

Damp, an enemy to books, 17

De Maistre's _Journey Round my Room_, 47

Dennistoun's _Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino_, 110, 145, 147, 149

Desk, standing, 105

Dictionaries, use of, 30

_Dives et Pauper_, 70

Drawings, safe keeping of, 106

Duns Scotus, 148

Dusting of books, 20, 21

Edis' _Decoration and Furniture of Town Houses_, 132

Editions de luxe, 3

Education, What is? 45

Edwards, _Memoirs of Libraries_, 13, 97, 99, 100

---- on bookcases, 97, 99

Elizabethan Poetry, catalogue of, 83

Ellwanger's _Story of my House_, 9, 104

Elton, _Great Book Collectors_, 115, 149

Elwin's edition of Pope, 3

Enemies of books, 17, 18, 19, 21

Erasmus, among his books, 72

Eusebius, 148

Evelyn's directions for gathering a library, 78

---- Letter to Pepys on the Seventeenth Century libraries, 79

Eversley Rectory armchair, 105

Facetiae, on placing, 89

Family papers, how to catalogue, 64

Farnaby, T., _Index Rhetoricus_, 74

Federigo, Count, famous library of MSS., 110, 146

---- Duke, Literary habits of, 148

Feltrian dukes, MSS., 147

Fergusson's _Architecture_, 44

Ficino, Translator of Plato, 142

Fiction Library, how to arrange, 36

Fiesole, Abbey of, on building a library at, 138

Fiesole Abbey, Library of, 138

Fifteenth Century Library Catalogue, 70

Fine Copy? What is a, 5, 6

First Edition Craze, fight against, 14

Fish Bugs, bookboring insects, 23

Florence, Revival in learning at, 140

---- _Studio Pubblico_, Improvement of the, 143

Florentine Library, Description of a great, 110

Floriculture, on collecting books on, 67

'Foxed' Book, A, 6

Foxhounds in England, 135

Francesco Maria's literary pursuits, 147

Froude, W., The 'Radcliffe' bookcase, 113

Fuller, T., on memory and note-books, 39

Gas, an enemy to books, 18

Genealogical books, rise in price of, 66

Getting-on, Goddess of, 152

Gibbon, Edward, 1

---- library catalogue, 83

Gilbey, Sir W., sporting books, 67

Gilding, Advice on, 57

Giorgio, F. di, _Treatise on Architecture_, 148

Gladstone, W. E., _Books, and the Housing of them_, 100

---- _Gladstone in the Evening of his Days_, 36, 108, 110

---- on library shelves, 96

Gladstone's Temple of Peace, Tables in, 104

Glastonbury, Treasures at, 69

'Globe' edition of English classics, 2

Goldsmith Chair, The, 105

Good Edition, how to make, 3

---- What is a, 1

Gosse, E., Library Catalogue, 83

Gregory, St., 148

Greek Fathers, writings of, 148

Greenbacks, 152

Guidobaldo I., Library Rules, 118

Haigh Hall, Ballad Catalogue at, 83

---- Library Catalogue, who compiled by, 65

Hallam's _Literary History_, 41

Hamerton, Philip G., Advice on reading, 27, 28, 29

Harding's _Chronicle_, 76

Hart, Dr. E., on books in bedrooms, 38

Hawarden Library annexe, 107

---- ---- Cost of, 113

Heat, an enemy to books, 18

Heppelwhite, Bookcase design by, 99

Hill, B., Edition of Boswell's Johnson, 3

Howard, Sir J., Library of, 70

'Humanity Room' at Hawarden, 109

Humphrey, Duke, 71

Ireland, History of, 75

Ink Maker, The, 3

Jerome, St., 148

Jessopp, Dr., Library annexe of, 107

---- on old libraries, 68

Johnson, Dr., careless with his books, 16

---- Life of, 3

---- on knowledge, 42

---- on the editions of _Thomas a Kempis_, 67

Johnson's _Dictionary_, 44

Justin, 148

Kerr's _Gentleman's House_, 120

Knowledge, On. Extract from the _Spectator_, 42

---- Two kinds of, 42

Lady's Library, how arranged, 51

Lamb, choice of books, 34

Lampson, L., Rowfant Library Catalogue, 83

Landino, 142

Lang, A., remarks on the 'binder,' 61

---- on the care of books, 16

Lapaccini, Fra G., a MS. copyist, 138

Large-paper copies, 8, 13

Larousse's _Grand Dictionnaire_, 43

Leather for binding, 53

Lectern, an historic eagle, 146

Leighton, J., _Book-plate Annual_, 15

---- Careless handling of books, 16

Leland, C. G., on _Mending and Repairing_, 61

---- Glastonbury treasures, 69

Leonora's library, how arranged, 51

_Lepisma Saccharina_, bookboring insects, 23

_L'Escholle des Filles_, 77

Librarian, A, 115

---- Qualifications of a good, 115, 117

---- The motto of a good, 118

Libraries, Classification of headings of, 94

---- in country houses, lamentable condition of, 15

---- Old country, 68

---- XIIth century, 69

---- XIIIth century, 69

---- XVIIth century, 72

---- Suite of, 121

---- Public, Originator of, 143

_Library, The_ Extract from, 150

Library, Appliances for the, 103

---- The, architecturally, 119

---- arrangement, On, 91

---- Arrangement of, two plans, 121

---- Artistic treatment of the, 122

---- Aspect for the, 125

---- An economic, 133

---- Curiosities in, 22

---- Decorations of the, 131

---- Enemy of the, 120

---- fireplace, 126

---- intercommunication, 126

---- On heating, 120, 128

---- On lighting, 120

---- Portable, Composition of a, 46

---- Position of the, 119, 124

---- rules, 118

---- Study attached to the, 127

---- Windows in the, 125

---- annexe, The, 106

_Library Association Report_, 1878, 115

---- _Journal_, Reference to, 91

---- ---- American, 117

Lionardo, M., translator of Aristotle's _Politics_, 143

Lippincott's _Biographical Dictionary_, 44

Livy, 148

Lockhart, _Life of Sir W. Scott_, 80

Lorenzo and his literary circle, 142

Lucullus' vast collection of books, 135

Macaulay, private libraries in 1685, 79

---- _State of England in 1685_, 72

Magazines, How to bind, 63

Maggliabecchi, Anecdote of, 116

---- his abnormal knowledge of books, 115

Manetti, Giannozzo, 137

Manuscripts, How to catalogue, 64

---- collecting and preserving at Florence, 140

---- Collection of ancient, 149

---- Famous library of, 110

---- of the Feltrian dukes, 147

---- Urbino's library of, 146

Marbling, what to choose, 55

Marryat, original binding of his novels, 6

Marsuppini, Carlo, 137

Maxwell, Sir H., advice on reading, 26

Medicean Library, 138

Medici, Cosimo de', on housing of large libraries, 137

---- The, and their friends, 137

---- Lorenzo de', 137

Memory and note-books, 39

Mending and repairing, 61

Middleton Cheney, Library annexe at, 107

Mirandola, P. della, 41, 142

Monastic libraries, Old, 69

Monmouth rebellion, romances on, 36

Monreale, Archbishop of, 147

Morocco leather, kind to choose, 54

Munificent book-buying, 133

Murray's _Dictionary_, 59

---- _Magazine_, on county histories, 66

Music, How to bind, 64

Napoleon, on the composition of a portable library, 46

---- a lover of small books, 46

---- and novel-reading, 38

Nares' _Glossary_, 44

Natural history, on collecting books on, 67

Naude, G., _Avis pour dresser une Bibliotheque_, 10, 79

Naziazen, St. Gregory, 148

Niccoli, N. de', Home life and habits of, 141

---- literary dictator at Florence, 140

---- to whom he bequeathed his library, 137

Nicetas, 148

Nicholas V. Pope, Book list of, 139

_Nineteenth Century_, Extracts from the, 26, 68, 111

Nordau, millionaires in England, 133

North, Dr. John, his book-loving habits, 8

---- Dr. J., Library of, 73

---- Life of, 73

North's _Lives of the Norths_, 7

Notes, Suggestions on taking, 41

Novel-reading, 33

---- lecture on, 36, 37

Novels, how to bind, 62

Octavia Library, 135

Oldys, W., 79

Oliveriana Library, 147

Oxford, Lord, 79

---- University of. Duke Humphrey's collection of illuminated treasures, 71

Pamphlets, how to bind, 63

---- how to catalogue, 63, 94

Paper, coloured, 13

---- fine, 13

---- hand-made, 8

---- Japanese vellum, 8

---- vellum, 13

---- knives, 16

---- maker, the, 3

Parentucelli, T., Catalogue of S. Marco Library, 137

Parker's _Domestic Architecture_, Reference to, 70

Paston _Letters_, 70

Pattison, Mark, a type of a scholar, 134

Payn, J., on the best hundred books, 30

Pembroke, Earl of, 79

Pepys' books, how numbered and titled, 78

---- book presses, 75

---- book presses at Magdalene College, 75

---- Collection of Ballads, &c., 65

---- Diary, 43, 59, 74, &c.

---- library catalogue, 76

---- library catalogue, classification of, 82, 89

---- a lover of books, 74

---- manuscripts, 77

---- single sheets, 77

Periodicals, Unbound, on placing, 89

Pesaro, Library of, 138

Petrarch, project of a public library, 143

Phillips, W., anecdote of George Sumner, 116

Pickering, Publications issued by, 4

Pieresc, and his books, 149

---- Funeral oration on, 150

Plato, Teachings of, 142

Plato's Works, 143

Plutarch, 148

---- on Lucullus' Library, 135

Plutarch's _Lives_, 143

Poetical Concordances, 44

Poliziano, 142

Poole, Mr., on enemies to books, 18

Pope, 'Globe' edition of, 2

Pope's Works, the edition of Courthope and Elwin, 3

Preservation of book covers, A recipe for, 20

Pressman, The, 3

Priceus, _Defensio Hist. Brit._, 76

Printer, The, 3

Prints, safe keeping of, 106

Private Library, divisions or classification of a, 89

_Psalms_, French, 74

Pseudonyms, how to catalogue, 84

Publisher, The, 3

Pulci, 142

Putnam's _Books and their Makers_, 71, 142

Ptolemy's _Cosmography_, 143

Quintus Curtius, 148

Quotations, Dictionary of, 44

Radcliffe bookcases, cost of, 114

Rare books, what constitutes, 12

---- why so called, 11

Rarity as affecting the price of books, 11

Rawlinson, T., 79

Reader, The, 3

Reading, The art of, 25

---- ---- literature on, 26

---- seat, 96

Record, unpublished, advisability of typing, 64

Reference books, 42

---- American, 43

---- French, 43

---- uses of, 43

Regulations, Book of, of Guidobaldo I, 118

Renaissance history, 136

Richardson's _Dictionary_, 44

Rochester's _Poems_, 78

Romances, Guy Beauchamp's library of, 71

_Romola_, 37

Roscoe, Mr., on book-collecting, 144

Rowfant Library Catalogue, 83

Ruddiman, T., 117

Ruskin, J., advice on book collecting, 150, 151

---- choice of books, 34

---- his scheme of a Royal series of books, 4

Ruskin's _Crown of Wild Olive_, 152

---- _Sesame and Lilies_, 151, 152

Sachetti, Franco, 137

Sala, G. A., On common-place books, 39, 40

Sallust, 148

Salutati, C. de, On utility of public libraries, 143

S. Giorgio Maggiore, Library of, 137

---- MSS. of, at Florence, 137

S. Marco, Catalogue of Library of, 138

Santa Trinita, Proposed public library at, 143

Scott, R., bill of books supplied to Pepys, 77

---- Bookseller of the XVIIth Century, 73

Scott, Sir W., Life of, 80

---- his care of books, 16

---- Novels of, original bindings of, 6

_Seven Champions of Christendom_, 72

Seventeenth Century Literature, Catalogue of, 83

Sevigne, Mme. de, Letters of, 109

Shakespeare, 'Cambridge' Edition of, 2, 53

'Shannon' Tables, 104

Shaw, G. B., on an economic library, 133

Shelf Classification, Difficulty of, 88

Sheraton, Bookcase designs by, 99

Silver Fish, bookboring insects, 23

'Sleepy Hollow,' an armchair at Eversley, 105

Smith, L. P., Qualifications of a Librarian, 117

Smith, W., _Greek and Roman Biography_, 44

Somers, Lord, 79

Soulsby, Miss Lucy, _Things in Book Clothing_, 28

Spartianus, 148

_Spectator_, Extract from, on Knowledge, 42

Spencer, George, Earl, 79

---- Earl, Library at Manchester, 79

Sport, Reference to, 133

Sporting books, on collecting, 67

Staghounds in England, 135

Stanley, Col., 79

Steps, Library, 106

Stevens, _Who spoils our English Books?_ 3, 4

Stevenson, R. L., Works. 'Edinburgh' Edition, 4

Strozzi, Palla degli, Greek learning, 142

---- originator of public libraries, 143

Subjects, Short, classification of, 85

Suetonius, 148

Sumner, G., Anecdote of, 116

---- his knowledge of books, 116

Sunderland, Charles, Earl of, 79

Suppressed books, 12

Symonds, On great literary undertakings, 142

---- _Revival of Learning_, 139, 140, 142, 144

Tables, Library, 104

Tacitus, 148

Tarleton's _Jests_, 72

_Tatler_--Addison's Picture of Tom Folio, 79

Tiberius, Library of, 135

Title-pages, ruined, 7

Titles, how to prepare, 87

Thirlwall, on reading, 31

_Thomas a Kempis_, Editions of, 68

Thomas of Saranza, founder of the Vatican Library, 145

Todd's _Gower and Chaucer_, 72

---- _Index Rerum_, 39

Tonk's Patent Fittings for Bookcases, 95

Topographical Books, on collecting, 66

---- Rise in price of, 66

Traill, H. D., on book readers, 35

Trajan, Library of, 135

Traversari, Ambrogio, 137

_Urbino_, _Dukes of_, 110, 144

---- _Memoirs of the_, 119

---- book-collecting by, 145

---- hospitality to men of letters, 148

---- Library of, 138

---- his collection of ancient MSS., 149

Valvio, G., Publisher of Plato (1482), 142

Vespasiano, a MSS. copyist, 138

---- on Casimo's plan of forming a library, 138

---- on Federigo's literary habits, 148

---- on the S. Marco Library Catalogue, 138

Vitruvius' _Architecture_, 119, 125

Walpole, H., on Beauclerk's library, 107

Walpole's Letters, edited by Cunningham, 3

Wanley, H., 79

Warwick, Earl of, Library of early romances, List of, 71, 72

Weeding out, 80

Wheatley, B. R., on library arrangement, 90

Wheatley, H. B., _Pepys and the World he lived in_, 74, 82, 90

_Where is it?_ 40

White Canons, Catalogue of the House of the, 70

Whittingham, Books printed by, 4

Whittingham's garden at Chiswick, 4

Wilberforce, Dr., on knowledge, 42

Wilkinson's _Ancient Egyptians_, 44

Willett, Deb., 78

Willis and Clark, _History of Cambridge University_, 120

Wordsworth, careless with his books, 16

Wren, Sir C., bookcases at Trinity College, Cambridge, 102

Wren, W., on Education, 45

Zola, 110

_London_: STRANGEWAYS, _Printers._

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Transcriber's Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.

Page 53, " ssued" changed to "issued" (issued in a separate)

Page 61, "cuttting" changed to "cutting" (even cutting off lines)

Page 64, "callendar" changed to "calendar" (instructions to calendar)

Page 153, "Aelus" changed to "AElius" (AElius, 148)

Page 153, "Aemylius" changed to "AEmylius" (AEmylius Protus, 148)

Page 155, "Lionardi" changed to "Lionardo" (Bruni, Lionardo, 137)

Page 156, Bronte changed to "Bronte" (Bronte, C.,)

Page 158, "Gentlemen's" changed to "Gentleman's" (Kerr's _Gentlemen's House_, 120)

Page 158, "Lapaccim" changed to "Lapaccini" (Lapaccini, Fra G., a MS. copyist, 138)

Page 158, "bookbinding" changed to "bookboring" (_Lepisma Saccharina_, bookboring insects)

Page 158, "Th" changed to "The" (_Library, The_,)

Page 159, "Nazianzen" changed to "Naziazen" (Naziazen, St. Gregory, 148)

Page 162, "MMS." changed to "MSS." (Vespasiano, a MSS.)

Buckram is sometimes capitalized and sometimes not. This was retained.

This book hyphenates or not on a whim. For example: Common-place and Commonplace. These were retained.

End of Project Gutenberg's The Private Library, by Arthur L. Humphreys