Books and BookmenFOOTNOTESReading editionChapter navigation18 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTo THE VISCOUNTESS WOLSELEY.PREFACE.ILLUSTRATIONS.ELZEVIRS.BALLADE OF THE REAL AND IDEAL. (DOUBLE REFRAIN.)CURIOSITIES OF PARISH REGISTERS.THE ROWFANT BOOKS. BALLADE EN GUISE DE RONDEAU.TO F. L.SOME JAPANESE BOGIE-BOOKS.GHOSTS IN THE LIBRARY.LITERARY FORGERIES.BIBLIOMANIA IN FRANCE.OLD FRENCH TITLE-PAGES.A BOOKMAN’S PURGATORY.BALLADE OF THE UNATTAINABLE.LADY BOOK-LOVERS.FOOTNOTESPrevious chapter ←LADY BOOK-LOVERS.End of this editionAll chapters and sections (18)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTo THE VISCOUNTESS WOLSELEY.PREFACE.ILLUSTRATIONS.ELZEVIRS.BALLADE OF THE REAL AND IDEAL. (DOUBLE REFRAIN.)CURIOSITIES OF PARISH REGISTERS.THE ROWFANT BOOKS. BALLADE EN GUISE DE RONDEAU.TO F. L.SOME JAPANESE BOGIE-BOOKS.GHOSTS IN THE LIBRARY.LITERARY FORGERIES.BIBLIOMANIA IN FRANCE.OLD FRENCH TITLE-PAGES.A BOOKMAN’S PURGATORY.BALLADE OF THE UNATTAINABLE.LADY BOOK-LOVERS.FOOTNOTESThe Lay of the Last Minstrel, 1806.◇“To Mrs. Robert Laidlaw, Peel. From the Author.”◇← LADY BOOK-LOVERS.