The Booklover and His Books
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1. Front matter2. HARRY LYMAN KOOPMAN, Litt.D.3. PREFATORY NOTE4. BOOKS AND BOOKLOVERS[1]5. FITNESS IN BOOK DESIGN6. PRINT AS AN INTERPRETER OF MEANING7. FAVORITE BOOK SIZES8. THE VALUE OF READING, TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE INDIVIDUAL9. THE BOOK OF TO-DAY AND THE BOOK OF TO-MORROW10. A CONSTRUCTIVE CRITIC OF THE BOOK11. BOOKS AS A LIBRARIAN WOULD LIKE THEM12. THE BOOK BEAUTIFUL13. THE READER'S HIGH PRIVILEGE14. THE BACKGROUND OF THE BOOK15. THE CHINESE BOOK16. THICK PAPER AND THIN17. THE CLOTHING OF A BOOK18. PARCHMENT BINDINGS19. LEST WE FORGET THE FEW GREAT BOOKS20. PRINTING PROBLEMS FOR SCIENCE TO SOLVE21. TYPES AND EYES: THE PROBLEM22. TYPES AND EYES: PROGRESS23. EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE OF LEGIBILITY24. THE STUDENT AND THE LIBRARY25. ORTHOGRAPHIC REFORM26. THE PERVERSITIES OF TYPE27. A SECRET OF PERSONAL POWER28. INDEX