The Book-HunterThe Book-HunterReading editionChapter navigation37 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…The Book-HunterThe Book-HunterJOHN HILL BURTONPUBLISHER'S NOTE.THE AUTHOR'S ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.Chapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIIntroductory.A Vision of Mighty Book-Hunters.Reminiscences.Classification.The Prowler and the Auction-Haunter.The Hobby.The Desultory Reader or Bohemian of Literature.The Collector and the Scholar.The Gleaner and his Harvest.Pretenders.His Achievements in the Creation of Libraries.The Preservation of Literature.Librarians.Bibliographies.Clubs in General.The Structure of the Book Clubs.The Roxburghe Club.Some Book-Club Men.Generalities.John Spalding.Robert Wodrow.The Early Northern Saints.Sermons in Stones.FOOTNOTES:INDEX.Previous chapter ←The Book-HunterNext chapter →JOHN HILL BURTONAll chapters and sections (37)Other sectionsThe Book-HunterThe Book-HunterJOHN HILL BURTONPUBLISHER'S NOTE.THE AUTHOR'S ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.Chapters1234567Part 1 · Other sectionsIntroductory.A Vision of Mighty Book-Hunters.Reminiscences.Classification.The Prowler and the Auction-Haunter.Part 2 · Other sectionsThe Hobby.The Desultory Reader or Bohemian of Literature.The Collector and the Scholar.The Gleaner and his Harvest.Pretenders.His Achievements in the Creation of Libraries.The Preservation of Literature.Librarians.Bibliographies.Part 3 · Other sectionsClubs in General.The Structure of the Book Clubs.The Roxburghe Club.Some Book-Club Men.Part 4 · Other sectionsGeneralities.John Spalding.Robert Wodrow.The Early Northern Saints.Sermons in Stones.FOOTNOTES:INDEX.etc.BY← The Book-HunterJOHN HILL BURTON →