The Guide to Reading — the Pocket University Volume XXIII

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Author: Abbott, Lyman,1835-1922
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The Guide to Reading — the Pocket University Volume XXIII

The Guide to Reading — the Pocket University Volume XXIII

€6,34

The Guide to Reading — the Pocket University Volume XXIII

€6,34
Author: Abbott, Lyman,1835-1922
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Guide to Reading — the Pocket University Volume XXIII

I was told a few years ago the following story which is worth retelling as an illustration of the use of books as ornaments. A millionaire who had one house in the city, one in the mountains, and one in the South, wished to build a fourth house on the seashore. A house ought to have a library. Therefore this new house was to have a library. When the house was finished he found the library shelves had been made so shallow that they would not take books of an ordinary size. His architect proposed to change the bookshelves. The millionaire did not wish the change made, but told his architect to buy fine bindings of classical books and glue them into the shelves. The architect on making inquiries discovered that the bindings would cost more than slightly shop-worn editions of the books themselves. So the books were bought, cut in two from top to bottom about in the middle, one half thrown away, and the other half replaced upon the shelves that the handsome backs presented the same appearance they would have presented if the entire book had been there. Then the glass doors were locked, the key to the glass doors lost, and sofas and chairs and tables put against them. Thus the millionaire has his library furnished with handsome bindings and these I may add are quite adequate for all the use which he wishes to make of them. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 7167
Author: Abbott, Lyman
Release Date: Dec 1, 2004
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922 , Dickinson, Asa Don, 1876-1960

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