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THELIBRARY1THELIBRARYByAndrewLang1THELIBRARY2PREFATORYNOTEThepagesinthisvolumeonilluminatedandotherMSS.(withtheexceptionofsomeanecdotesaboutBussyRabutinandJuliedeRambouillet),whohasalsowrittenonearlyprintedbooks(-95).ThepagesontheBiblioklept(-56)arereprinted,withtheEditor'skindpermission,fromtheSaturdayReview;,FellowofExeterCollege,andlatelysub-LibrarianoftheBodleian,hasverykindlyreadthroughtheproofsofchaptersI.,II.,andIII.,,FellowofAllSoulsCollege,fortwoplatesfromhis"Book-bindingsinAllSoulsLibrary"(printedforprivatecirculation),&Sons,,Agnew,&Co.,&Windus,-HUNTER"Allmen,","liketobetheirownlibrarians.";classics,ancientandmodern,,inwhatevershapewemaybeabletopossessthem,,DanteandMiltonShakespeareandSophocles,AristophanesandMoliere,Thucydides,Tacitus,andGibbon,SwiftandScott,--,andwhenwegobeyondit,-books,boughtinboyhood,wasthenucleusofScott'slibrary,richintheworksofpoetsandmagicians,ofalchemists,,maybethegermofatheatricalcollectionlikethoseofDouce,andMalone,