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Excerpt from In the Track of the Bookworm Objects of Collection; Who Have Collected; Diverse Tastes; The Size of Books; Binding; Paper; Women as Collectors; The Illustrator; Book-Plates; The Book-Auctioneer; The Book-Seller; The Public Librarian; Does Book Collecting Pay; The Book-Worm's Faults; Poverty as a Means of Enjoyment; The Arrangement of Books; Enemies of Books; Library Companions; The Friendship of Books About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Bookworm: An Illustrated Treasury of Old-Time Literature Survivals in the Nat/fiery Home Magazine, estimates that there are more than a thousand recognized abbreviations of words in the legal documents stored in our Public Record Office - so elabo rate was the system of abbreviations in use among the professional scribes in the parchment-sparing period of the Middle Ages. Others were employed in the Papal and Imperial Chanceries; others by monastic penmen. Dictionaries of these abbreviations are extant which contain upwards of five thousand examples in Latin words, not to speak of the abbreviations in Greek manuscripts or in charters in modern languages. It is even more curious to note how many are yet in daily use by those who little suspect their origin. Of these are the familiar 8r, and so forth. Phy zsicians still use the abbreviated Latin words of the Middle Ages. Episcopal signatures also follow the mediaeval fashion, and cause occasionally odd mistakes among the unwary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from On the Track Of the stories in this volume many have already appeared in the columns of the Bulletin, Town and Country Journal, Freeman's Journal, and Australian Star (sydney), and the West Australian and Western Mail (perth), While several now appear in print for the first time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Tracks of a Rolling Stone The First Edition of this book was written, from begin ning to end, in the short space of five months, without the aid of diary or notes, beyond those cited as such from a former work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.