BALLADS.
Reading edition
1.How a Bibliomaniac Binds his Books26
2.The Bibliomaniac’s Assignment of Binders28
3.The Failing Books33
4.Suiting Paper to Subject34
5.The Sentimental Chambermaid37
6.A Woman’s Idea of a Library42
7.The Shy Portraits54
8.The Snatchers71
9.The Stolid Auctioneer75
10.The Prophetic Book80
11.The Book-Seller82
12.The Public Librarian85
13.The Book-Worm does not care for Nature97
14.How I go A-Fishing99
15.The Book-Thief111
16.The Smoke Traveler112
17.The Fire in the Library116
18.Cleaning the Library117
19.Ode to Omar119
20.My Dog121
21.My Clocks123
22.A Portrait125
23.My Schoolmate126
24.My Shingle129
25.Solitaire130
26.My Friends the Books133
o book-worms all, of high or low degree, Whate’er of madness be their stages, And just as well unknown as known to me, I dedicate these trifling pages, In hope that when they turn them o’er They will not find the Track a bore.
The Track of the Book-Worm.