A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries
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A Book for All Readers
DESIGNED AS AN AID TO THE
COLLECTION, USE, AND PRESERVATION
OF BOOKS
AND THE
FORMATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIBRARIES
BY
Ainsworth Rand Spofford
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK & LONDON 1900
Copyright 1900
by
A R Spofford
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
A BOOK FOR ALL READERS
CHAPTER 1.
The Choice of Books.
Selection of Books for Public Libraries.
CHAPTER 2.
Book Buying.
CHAPTER 3.
The Art of Book Binding.
CHAPTER 4.
Preparation for the Shelves: Book Plates, etc.
CHAPTER 5.
The Enemies of Books.
CHAPTER 6.
The Restoration and Reclamation of Books.
CHAPTER 7.
Pamphlet Literature.
CHAPTER 8.
Periodical Literature.
CHAPTER 9.
The Art of Reading.
CHAPTER 10.
Aids to Readers.
CHAPTER 11.
Access to Library Shelves.
CHAPTER 12.
The Faculty of Memory.
CHAPTER 13.
Qualifications of a Librarian.
CHAPTER 14.
Some of the Uses of Libraries.
The Uses of the Library to the University.
CHAPTER 15.
The History of Libraries.
CHAPTER 16.
Library Buildings and Furnishings.
CHAPTER 17.
Library Managers or Trustees.
CHAPTER 18.
Library Regulations.
CHAPTER 19.
Library Reports and Advertising.
CHAPTER 20.
The Formation of Libraries.
CHAPTER 21.
Classification.
CHAPTER 22.
Catalogues.
CHAPTER 23.
Copyright and Libraries.
CHAPTER 24.
Poetry of the Library.
CHAPTER 25.
Humors of the Library.[3]
Titles of Books Asked for by written Slips in a Popular Library.
Blunders in Cataloguing.
Recent Calls for Books at a Western Library.
Confusion of Knowledge.
CHAPTER 26.
Rare Books.
CHAPTER 27.
Bibliography.
INDEX.
Books for Authors
Authors and Publishers
AUTHORS AND THEIR PUBLIC IN ANCIENT TIMES
A Sketch of Literary Conditions and of the Relations with the Public of Literary Producers, from the Earliest Times to the Fall of the Roman Empire.
Second edition, revised, 12°, gilt top, $1.50.
BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES
A Study of the Conditions of the Production and Distribution of Literature from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the Close of the Seventeenth Century.
In two volumes, 8°, cloth extra (sold separately), each $2.50 Vol. I., 476-1600—Vol. II., 1500-1709.
THE QUESTION OF COPYRIGHT
A HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE DURING THE COLONIAL TIME
New Edition, revised, in two volumes. Volume I.—1607-1676. Volume II.—1676-1765. Each $2.50. Agawam edition, 2 vols. in one. 8°, half leather, $3.00.
THE LITERARY HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
1763-1783
Two volumes, large octavo. Sold separately. Volume I.—1763-1776. Volume II.—1776-1783. Each $3.00.
THREE MEN OF LETTERS
Chapters in Literary Biography and Criticism devoted to George Berkeley, Timothy Dwight, and Joel Barlow.
12°, gilt top, $1.25.
LANGUAGE.
SOME COMMON ERRORS OF SPEECH.
A SIMPLE GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH NOW IN USE.
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
ORTHOMETRY.
MANUAL OF LINGUISTICS.
COMPOSITION IN THE SCHOOL-ROOM.
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