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Books and Bookmen
Andrew Lang
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From the little volume by Mr. Chester Waters, already referred to ('Parish Registers in England;' printed for the author by F. J. Roberts, Little Britain, E.C.), we proceed to appropriate such matters of curiosity as may interest minds neither parochial nor doggedly antiquarian. Parish registers among the civilised peoples of antiquity do not greatly concern us. It seems certain that many Polynesian races have managed to record (in verse, or by some rude marks) the genealogies of their chiefs through many hundreds of years. These oral registers are accepted as fairly truthful by some students, yet we must remember that Pindar supposed himself to possess knowledge of at least twenty-five . . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Fascinating (if dated) look at bibliophiles et al. Best parts were about literary forgery and nearly-long-forgotten book collectors. Worthy read for ideas on steampunk or HPL/Cthulhu mythos stories/games.
Very abtruse, and far too much minutia about the bindings favored by 18th century French aristocrats. Barely managed to finish it.
Great book. I'm going to say it now - I probably only understood 60% of this book. I lot of the references that would no doubt have been commonplace at the time of writing went right over my head, not to mention the passages in Latin and French. But the rest of it: surprisingly relevant essays on bo