# The Romance of the London Directory

Author: Bardsley, Charles Wareing Endell, 1843-1898

Genre: Category: History - British

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51739

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Romance+of+the+London+Directory+Bardsley&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

ALL proverbs are not necessarily true, but that which asserts that “every man has his hobby” few will gainsay. Nothing in a house so well betrays this hobby as the owner’s bookcase. It may be large, or it may be small, but there the secret lies. One man’s hobby is angling, and his shelf begins with quaint Isaac Walton, and ends with the _Field_ newspaper of last week. Another has a liking for natural science, and his library is a _vade mecum_ of its mysteries. A third—oftentimes a lady—loves ferns, and her study is a little compendium of that curious literature that has all but wholly sprung up within the present generation. Even the young lady’s shelf of poems, or novels, or histories, b...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-the-london-directory-51739/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-the-london-directory-51739/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-the-london-directory-51739/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-the-london-directory-51739/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-the-london-directory-51739/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-the-london-directory-51739/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-the-london-directory-51739/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-the-london-directory-51739/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-the-london-directory-51739/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-the-london-directory-51739/chapters/4/index.md)