The fortune of books; essays, memories and prophecies of a librarian / by J. Christian Bay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bay, J. Christian (Jens Christian), 1871-1962.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bibliography.

Library science.

Physical Description:

xi, 442 pages : plates, portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : W. M. Hill, [1941]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies.

OCLC:

1149613