This is a copy of the First Edition of this book. It is published in theUnited States by Messrs Dodd, Mead & Company, New York; but, in deferenceto the wishes of Collectors, the original London imprint is retained.
ERRATUM.
Page 192, for Anderton read Anderson.
THE
CONFESSIONS
OF A
COLLECTOR
BY
WILLIAM CAREW HAZLITT
AUTHOR OF
‘FOUR GENERATIONS OF A LITERARY FAMILY,’ ETC.
LONDON
WARD & DOWNEY
LIMITED
12 YORK BUILDINGS, ADELPHI, W.C.
1897
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| CHAPTER I | |
| My Antecedents—How and Whence the Passion came to Me—My Father’s People—And My Mother’s—My Uncle—HisGenuine Feeling for what was Old and Curious—A Disciple of Charles Lamb—Books My First Love—My Courtship of Them under MyFather’s Roof—My Clandestine Acquisitions—A Small Bibliographical Romance—My Uncle as a Collector—Some of HisTreasures—His Choice, and how He differed from My Father—An Adventure of the Latter at a Bookstall—Bargains—TheAuthor moralises upon Them—A New View—I begin to be a Bibliographer—Venice strikes My Fancy as a Subject for Treatment—MyWant of Acquaintance with It—Mr Quaritch and Mr Ruskin do not encourage Me—I resolve to proceed—I teach Myself what was Requisiteto enable Me to do so—Some of My Experiences—Molini the Elder—The London Library Forty Years Ago—What became of MyCollections for the Work—Preparing for Another and Greater Scheme, | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| I survey the Ground before I start—I contemplate a New British Bibliography—Richard Heber—His Extraordinary Acquirements—HisVast Library—His Manuscript Notes in the Books—A High Estimate of Heber as a Scholar and a Reader—He eclipses all Other Collectors at Homeand Abroad—A Sample or so of His Flyleaf Memoranda—A Few very Interesting Books noticed—A Historiette—Anecdotes of SomeBargains and Discoveries by Him and His Contemporaries—The Phœnix Nest at Sion College—Marlowe’s Dido—Mystery connected withthe Library at Lee Priory—The Oldest Collections of English Plays—A Little Note about Lovelace—Heber’s Generosity as a Lender—HisKindness to Dyce—Fate of His Rarest Books—How He obtained some of Them—The Daniel Ballads and Their True History—Result of a Studyof Heber’s Catalogue and other Sources of Knowledge—The Handbook appears—Mr Frederick Harrison and Sir Walter Besant pay Me Compliments, | 19 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| The Handbook of 1867 and Its Fruits—Mr Henry Huth—His Beneficial Influence on My Bibliographical Labours—He invites Me toco-operate in the Formation of His Library—I edit Books for Him—He declines to entertain the Notion of a Libraria ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |