The fortune of books ; essays, memories and prophecies of a librarian / by J. Christian Bay.
| Author/creator | Bay, J. Christian |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago : W. M. Hill, [©1941] |
| Description | xi, 442 pages : plates, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Bookmen and scientists: Dr. Daniel Drake. Conrad Gesner. Claude Bernard. Jean Senebier. Robert Kennicott. Edward Everett Ayer. Dr. Christian Fenger. An idealist and his library. George Washington.--Library life: Inspiration through cataloguing. The sciences in the training of the librarian. Book selection for a scientific and technical reference library. The library school and library life. Personality in the library personnel. A plain slip case for books. Clement Walker Andrews.--Books and literary events: The origin and development of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Women not considered human beings. The Pickwick papers: some bibliographical remarks. A classical case of bibliological identification. Tom Sawyer detective; the origin of the plot. The response of science to agriculture. Scarce and beautiful imprints of Chicago. Rinaldo Rinaldini (Capo Brigante) and George Washington. A Tennyson-Browning Association copy.--Time and chance: Johan Gutenberg, Robert Fulton, Samuel Colt and Peter Rasmussen. Inter Arma loquantur Musae. The station master.--Americana: Three handfuls of western books. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographies. |
| LCCN | 41025133 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | Z1005 .B3 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |