Books and Bookmen

Buchbeschreibung

"Books and Bookmen" by Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang was a prolific Scots man of letters, a poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. Though known for his folklore collections, this book is a series of essays written by Lang about the topic of literature and those who love it. The volume contains: Elzevirs, Ballade of the Real and Ideal, Curiosities of Parish Registers, The Rowfant Books, 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, and Lady Book-lovers.