Book 219

'Is not the leaf turned down' 240 Gold Clasps and a Golden Story 242 Nobler than Contents 242 'Hark you, sir; I'll have them very fairly bound' 243 'In Nature's infinite Book' 283 The Secret of Strength 288 Red Letters and Conjuring 289 'Come, and take choice' 306 'Of his gentleness, Knowing I loved my Books' 310 'Me, poor man,--my library' 316

SHEFFIELD, JOHN, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM (1648-1721). The Sufficiency of Homer 127

SHERBROOKE, VISCOUNT. _See_ LOWE.

SHERIDAN, CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH. _See_ NORTON.

SHERIDAN, RICHARD BRINSLEY (1751-1816). 'Steal! to be sure they will' 91 Lydia Languish and the Circulating Library 213 A neat Rivulet of Text 249

SHERIDAN, THOMAS (1687-1738). Our Best Acquaintance 11

SHIRLEY, JAMES (1596-1666). Sweet and Happy Hours 26 A Book of Flesh and Blood 196

SKELTON, JOHN (1460 ?-1529). An Edition de luxe 241

SMITH, ALEXANDER (1830-67). The True Elysian Fields 11 Power and Gladness 32

SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845). A Short Cut to Fame 154 'No furniture so charming as Books' 264

SOUTH, ROBERT (1634-1716). 'He who has published an injurious Book' 80 A little Book the most excellent 120 'Much reading is like much eating' 158

SOUTHEY, ROBERT (1774-1843). My days among the Dead are passed 4 A Heavenly Delight 5 The Best of all Possible Company 5 More than Meat, Drink, and Clothing 28 A Library of Twelve 62 Reading several Books at a time 130 Homo Unius Libri 292 A Colloquy in a Library 320

SPENSER, EDMUND (1552 ?-99). One day I wrote her name 56 To his Book: of his Lady 195

STANHOPE, PHILIP DORMER, EARL OF CHESTERFIELD (1694-1773). A Consolation for the Deaf 4 Books and the World 180 The last Editions the best 235 'Tis folly to be wise 246 Genteel Ornaments 273

STEELE, SIR RICHARD (1672-1729). Exercise for the Mind 37

STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859). Poets as Commentators 136

STERNE, LAURENCE (1713-1768). The Company of Mutes 3 Mr. Shandy's Library 314

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS (1850-1894). Picture-Books in Winter 174

STIRLING-MAXWELL, LADY. _See_ NORTON.

SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667-1745). The Battle of the Books 63 Recipe for an Anthology 94 Cupid and the Book of Poems 194 A Standard for Language 296 'I have sometimes heard' 303

SYLVESTER, JOSUAH (1563-1618). Surcloying the Stomach 156

SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON (1840-93). [Greek: hupothêkê eis emauton]('Back to thy books!') 197

TAYLOR, JOHN (1580-1653). Books and Thieves 77 To the Good or Bad Reader 150 Fast and Loose 289 On _Coryat's Crudities_ 302

TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM (1628-99). The Multiplication of Originals 59 Ancient and Modern Books 63 Books as Signposts 110

TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD (1809-92). Poets and their Bibliographies 98 Merlin's