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Blades, William, 1824-1890

"The Enemies of Books"


Books destroyed at the Reformation, Si.
-- dried in an attic, 16.
-- examination of old covers, 116.
-- how to dust them, 134.
-- injured by hacking, i x i.
-- lost at sea, 17, 18.
-- margin reduced to size, 111.
-- mildew in, 136.
-- from monasteries destroyed, 9.
-- restoration when injured, 114.
-- restored after a fire, 15.
-- scarce before printing, 2.
-- sold to a cobbler, 52, 149.
-- too tight on shelves, 137.
-- their claims to be preserved, 151.
-- used to bake "pyes," 10.
-- which scratch one another, 134.
Book-sale in Derbyshire, 145.
Bookworm, the, 67-93.
-- attempt to breed, 81-3.
-- from Greece, 82.
-- in paper box, 89.
-- in United States, 91.
Bookworms' progress through books, 84.
-- race by, 86.
Bosses on books, 135.
Boys injuring books, 139.
-- in library, story of, 140.
Brighton, black letter fragments, 59.
British Museum, Boccaccio's Fall of Princes, 61.
British Museum free from the "worm," 83.
-- burnt book exhibited at, 11.
Brown spots in books, 24.
Bruchium, 3.
Burckhardt's Arabic MSS., 77.
"Bug" Bible, 95.
Burgundy (Duchess of), 130.
Cambridge Market, 97.
Caskets (the three), Shakspeare, 60.
Caspari (Mr.), a collector, 124.


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