Book Collecting

Today in browsing at Google Books I went back to a book I had previously looked at: The Book-Hunter by John Hill Burton. I had looked at it previously only in connection with my search for illustrations to use in creating bookmarks - it has a wonderful illustration of an old library. Today I started looking at it and other books which came up using the search term "book hunter". For those who love books, this search will yield a treasure trove of old books on the subject of book collecting.

Bookmark - Arthur Bell Nicholls

Arthur Bell Nicholls
husband of
Charlotte Bronte

Dare's Gift by Ellen Glasgow

I have added to the epub downloads section in the right column a link for downloading Dare's Gift by Ellen Glasgow, a ghost story of haunting and betrayal in Civil War Virginia.

Epub documents can be read on ebook readers. For those who don't have dedicated ebook readers, Adobe Digital Editions also reads epub documents and can be installed on computers.

The Lady's Walk by Margaret Oliphant

This is an experiment to see if an epub version of The Lady's Walk - A Story of the Seen and the Unseen by Margaret Oliphant can be accessed from this blog. I have created a Google Site called Corner of the Library as a companion to this blog. As it exists right now, it feels a little convoluted to me, so I'm guessing there must be a better way to construct it.

If you click on the words "epub version" above, you should be taken to a page with a link for downloading the epub version of The Lady's Walk. In order to read this story, you must have something that reads epub documents, such as Adobe Digital Editions which can be downloaded from a link in the right hand column of this blog.

Patience is a virtue as you wait for the story to be downloaded and opened by your epub reader.

Any comments?

Bookmark - Persuasion

Anne and Henrietta
Chapter 12
Persuasion - by Jane Austen
From an edition published in 1906

Jane Austen - by Mrs Charles Malden

Here is a link to a biography of Jane Austen by Mrs. Charles Malden published in 1889. I have not read it, so I cannot comment on its worth.

Bookmark - Sir Walter Scott Monument

Sir Walter Scott monument
Edinburgh
Princes Street