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The Book-Hunter
The Book-Hunter
- etc.
  - BY
- BY
- JOHN HILL BURTON
  - D.C.L., LL.D.
    - Author of 'A History of Scotland,' 'The Scot Abroad,' 'The Reign of Queen Anne,' &c.
  - Author of 'A History of Scotland,' 'The Scot Abroad,' 'The Reign of Queen Anne,' &c.
- D.C.L., LL.D.
  - Author of 'A History of Scotland,' 'The Scot Abroad,' 'The Reign of Queen Anne,' &c.
- Author of 'A History of Scotland,' 'The Scot Abroad,' 'The Reign of Queen Anne,' &c.
- PUBLISHER'S NOTE.
- THE AUTHOR'S ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- CONTENTS.
- List of Illustrations.
MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR.
- CHAPTER I.
  - ABERDEEN.
- ABERDEEN.
- CHAPTER II.
  - EDINBURGH.
- EDINBURGH.
- CHAPTER III.
  - BEGINNING OF LITERARY LIFE.
- BEGINNING OF LITERARY LIFE.
- CHAPTER IV.
  - SECOND STAGE OF LITERARY LIFE.
- SECOND STAGE OF LITERARY LIFE.
- CHAPTER V.
  - THIRD STAGE OF LITERARY LIFE.
- THIRD STAGE OF LITERARY LIFE.
- CHAPTER VI.
  - LITERARY LIFE (continued).
- LITERARY LIFE (continued).
- CHAPTER VII.
  - THE END.
- THE END.
THE BOOK-HUNTER.
- PART I.—HIS NATURE.
- Introductory.
- A Vision of Mighty Book-Hunters.
- Reminiscences.
- Classification.
- The Prowler and the Auction-Haunter.
- PART II.—HIS FUNCTIONS.
- The Hobby.
- The Desultory Reader or Bohemian of Literature.
- The Collector and the Scholar.
- The Gleaner and his Harvest.
  - Attorneys.—(33 Henry VI. c. 7.)
  - Fustian.—(11 Henry VII. c. 27.)
- Attorneys.—(33 Henry VI. c. 7.)
- Fustian.—(11 Henry VII. c. 27.)
- Pretenders.
- His Achievements in the Creation of Libraries.
- The Preservation of Literature.
- Librarians.
- Bibliographies.
- PART III.—HIS CLUB.
- Clubs in General.
- The Structure of the Book Clubs.
- The Roxburghe Club.
- Some Book-Club Men.
- PART IV.—BOOK-CLUB LITERATURE.
- Generalities.
- John Spalding.
- Robert Wodrow.
- The Early Northern Saints.
- Sermons in Stones.
- FOOTNOTES:
- INDEX.
  - THE END.
    - Imprinted by William Blackwood and Sons, at their Printing Office, 32 Thistle Street, Edinburgh.
  - Imprinted by William Blackwood and Sons, at their Printing Office, 32 Thistle Street, Edinburgh.
- THE END.
  - Imprinted by William Blackwood and Sons, at their Printing Office, 32 Thistle Street, Edinburgh.
- Imprinted by William Blackwood and Sons, at their Printing Office, 32 Thistle Street, Edinburgh.