In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays

The Project Gutenberg EBook of In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Augustine Birrell This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays Author: Augustine Birrell Release Date: May 3, 2004 [EBook #12244] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BODLEIAN AND OTHERS *** Produced by Janet Kegg and PG Distributed Proofreaders 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 i n g e n i o u s 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. 3, NEW SQUARE, LINCOLN'S INN. 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.