Book 45

'Thou art a plant.' 'Make haste away.' 'If hap it must.' 'The bound, almost.' 'Go thou forth.' His Prayer for Absolution 77 Virginibus Puerisque 84 Lines have their linings, and Books their buckram 242

HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM (1792-1871). A Taste to be Prayed For 27 Novels as Engines of Civilization 87

HOBBES, THOMAS (1588-1679). 'If I had read as much as other men' 158

HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL (1809-94). Old and New Books 74 Presentation Copies 98 'The foolishest Book' 118 The Literary Harem 233 Purchasing an Act of Piety 258 The Study 307 The Library as a Key to Character 309 'Every library should try to be complete' 318

HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845). Rich Fare 29

HOWELL, JAMES (1594?-1666). The Choice of Books 125 Marriage and Books 198 The Value of Book Borrowing 275

HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH (1784-1859). On Parting with my Books 9 Love that is large 16 Authors as Lovers of Books 20 The Authors' Metamorphosis 50 A Library of One 62 A Literatura Hilaris 167 Early Reading 187 Kissing a Folio 233 Delight in Book-Prints 248 The Second-hand Catalogue 256 Borrowing and Lending 278 Wedded to Books 278 The Book of Books 294 Literary Geography 300 Scotland 300 England 301 Ireland 302 The Library as Study 305 Charles Lamb's Library 323

IRVING, WASHINGTON (1783-1859). True Friends that Cheer 9

JAGO, RICHARD (1715-81). To a Lady furnishing her Library 212

JEFFERIES, RICHARD (1848-87). When Translations are to be preferred 101 In the British Museum Library 328

JERROLD, DOUGLAS WILLIAM (1803-57). 'A blessed companion is a Book' 12

JOHNSON, LIONEL (1869-1902). Oxford Nights 366

JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-84). _See also_ BOSWELL. Why Books are Read 37 An ignorant Age hath many Books 60 The Moons of Literature 67 Books of Morality 108 The Secret Influence of Books 109 Dead Counsellors are safest 109 Reading According to Inclination 128 Marginal Notes and Commonplace Books 143 Getting a Boy forward 181 At Large in the Library 181 Early Reading 183

JONSON, BEN (1573 ?-1637). To Sir Henry Goodyer 10 To my