IN THE NAME OF THE BODLEIAN

AND OTHER ESSAYS

 

BY

AUGUSTINE BIRRELL

HONORARY FELLOW OF TRINITY HALL, CAMBRIDGE

 

'Peace be with the soul of that charitable and courteous author who for the common benefit of his fellow-authors introduced the ingenious way of miscellaneous writing.'LORD SHAFTESBURY.

 

LONDON

1906

 


AUTHOR'S NOTE

The first paper appeared in the Outlook, New York, the one on Mr. Bradlaugh in the Nineteenth Century, and some of the others at different times in the Speaker.

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CONTENTS

 

I.'IN THE NAME OF THE BODLEIAN'

II.BOOKWORMS

III.CONFIRMED READERS

IV.FIRST EDITIONS

V.GOSSIP IN A LIBRARY

VI.LIBRARIANS AT PLAY

VII.LAWYERS AT PLAY

VIII.THE NON-JURORS

IX.LORD CHESTERFIELD

X.THE JOHNSONIAN LEGEND

XI.BOSWELL AS BIOGRAPHER

XII.OLD PLEASURE GARDENS

XIII.OLD BOOKSELLERS

XIV.A FEW WORDS ABOUT COPYRIGHT IN BOOKS

XV.HANNAH MORE ONCE MORE

XVI.ARTHUR YOUNG

XVII.THOMAS PAINE

XVIII.CHARLES BRADLAUGH

XIX.DISRAELI EX RELATIONE SIR WILLIAM FRASER

XX.A CONNOISSEUR

XXI.OUR GREAT MIDDLE CLASS

XXII.TAR AND WHITEWASH

XXIII.ITINERARIES

XXIV.EPITAPHS

XXV.'HANSARD'

XXVI.CONTEMPT OF COURT

XXVII.5 EDWARD VII., CHAPTER 12

 


 

 

 

 

'IN THE NAME OF THE BODLEIAN'

 

With what feelings, I wonder, ought one to approach in a famous University an already venerable foundation, devoted by the last will and indented deed of a pious benefactor to the collection and housing of books and the promotion of learning? The Bodleian at this moment ha

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