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FOSTER, JOHN (1770-1843). The Influence of Books 38 Reflections in a Library 332

FULLER, THOMAS (1608-61). The Multiplicity of Books 57 Printers gain by bad Books 79 'A commonplace Book contains many notions' 142

GARNETT, RICHARD (1835-1906). Our master, Meleager 95

GASKELL, ELIZABETH CLEGHORN (1810-65). Books for the Salon 304

GAY, JOHN (1685-1732). The Elephant and the Bookseller 264 On a Miscellany of Poems 265

GIBBON, EDWARD (1737-94). Abstracts of Books 138 Early Reading 183 Women's Want 210

GILFILLAN, GEORGE (1813-78). The True Poem on the Library 335

GISSING, GEORGE (1857-1903). The Mood for Books 40 The Scent of Books 310

GLANVILL, JOSEPH (1636-80). 'That silly vanity of impertinent citations' 102 The Mote and the Beam 118

GODWIN, WILLIAM (1756-1836). The Depositary of everything honourable 15 Bad Books and debauched Minds 83

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER (1728-74). Sweet Unreproaching Companions 4 The Reading of New Books 67 Literary Hypocrisy 115 'I love everything that is old' 269

GREENE, ROBERT (1558-92). Books for Magic 288

HALE, SIR MATTHEW (1609-76). No Book like the Bible 293

HALES, JOHN (1584-1656). The Method of reading profane History 136

HALL, JOHN (1627-56). Men in their Nightgowns 98 When to Read 164

HALL, JOSEPH, BISHOP OF EXETER AND NORWICH (1574-1656). How to spend our Days 125 Reading and Meal Times 170 On the Sight of a Great Library 331

HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1788-1856). Underscoring 140

HARE, AUGUSTUS WILLIAM (1792-1834), and JULIUS CHARLES HARE (1795-1855). In the Seat of the Scorner 115 Books of One Thought 121 Purple Patches 122 Books that provoke Thought 131 Desultory Reading 148 Brains squashed by Books 156

HARINGTON, SIR JOHN (1561-1612). Against writers that carp 114

HAZLITT, WILLIAM (1778-1830). The only Things that last for ever 49 On Reading Old Books 69 On Reading New Books 71 The best Books the commonest 182 The visionary Gleam 189 The enviable Bookworm 228 Ears nailed to Books 229

HELPS, SIR ARTHUR (1813-75). Biography 99 Thoughts in a Library 334

HEMANS, FELICIA DOROTHEA (1793-1835). To a Family Bible 294

HERBERT, GEORGE (1593-1633). The Parson's Accessory Knowledge 140

HERRICK, ROBERT (1591-1674). To His