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The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac

by Eugene Field

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  1. MY FIRST LOVE

    13:35

  2. THE BIRTH OF A NEW PASSION

    15:47

  3. THE LUXURY OF READING IN BED

    11:55

  4. THE MANIA OF COLLECTING SEIZES ME

    14:40

  5. BALDNESS AND INTELLECTUALITY

    16:23

  6. MY ROMANCE WITH FIAMMETTA

    13:04

  7. THE DELIGHTS OF FENDER-FISHING

    15:02

  8. BALLADS AND THEIR MAKERS

    14:07

  9. BOOKSELLERS AND PRINTERS, OLD AND NEW

    16:25

  10. WHEN FANCHONETTE BEWITCHED ME

    13:55

  11. DIAGNOSIS OF THE BACILLUS LIBRORUM

    14:07

  12. THE PLEASURES OF EXTRA-ILLUSTRATION

    13:28

  13. ON THE ODORS WHICH MY BOOKS EXHALE

    13:12

  14. ELZEVIRS AND DIVERS OTHER MATTERS

    14:56

  15. A BOOK THAT BRINGS SOLACE AND CHEER

    15:10

  16. THE MALADY CALLED CATALOGITIS

    14:49

  17. THE NAPOLEONIC RENAISSANCE

    12:03

  18. MY WORKSHOP AND OTHERS

    16:36

  19. OUR DEBT TO MONKISH MEN

    15:25

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A bookseller who seems to speak in antique type and smell of old bindings belongs naturally in Eugene Field's world of book collecting. These humorous sketches take the form of an elderly enthusiast's recollections, turning his attachment to books into a series of personal love affairs. Reading in bed, the pursuit of rare volumes, catalogues and the scent of a library all become occasions for affectionate exaggeration.

The narrator also looks beyond his own shelves to the business of literature. His account of booksellers mixes praise for their learning and generosity with anecdotes about Samuel Johnson, Dryden and Pope, including a pair of letters sent to the wrong publishers. The pleasure lies in the movement between a collector's private habits and the human dealings behind printed books. Readers interested in old libraries, literary gossip and the excuses people make for their favorite possessions will find plenty to recognize.

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Eugene Field

Eugene Field developed a wide readership through children's poetry, humorous essays, and a long newspaper career. Often called the poet of childhood, he cultivated a genial public voice while writing columns and verse for readers in several American cities. Echoes from the Sabine Farm shows another side of that work.

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84
Language
English
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David Wales, April Gonzales, Adam and others