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ONE THOUSAND BEST BOOKS

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COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES

AT

THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS. GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

First Edition

75

LIBRARY
SCHOOL

ONE

THOUSAND

BOOKS

BEST

THE LIFETIME VADE-MECUM OF THE READINGE MAN

A VARIORUM LIST

That is to Say a Noble Literarie Garlande Afsembled from Numberlefs Nofegayes Plucked by Many Scholars of Pleafing Taste, Sounde Judgmente, and Vafte Erudition, the Whole Woven Cunningly together by a Patient Drudge, One

ASA DON DICKINSON

NOW BIBLIOTHECARIE TO THE UNIVERSITIE OF PENSILVANIA

The Lift Being Ingenioufly Arrang'd after the Manner of Bibliothecaries, that is, Alphabetically, by the Surnames of the Writers, Like to the Wordes in Some Gloffaries, Lexicons, and Dictionaries; Accompanied by Digits Shewing the Degree of Popularitie and Efteem Attained by Each Author and Each Worke, among the Confraternitie of the Men of Bookes; Added Thereunto for the Behoof of the Lefs Learned Are Copious Comments, Gloffes, and Scholia Setting Forth All and Sundry the Authors and Their Chiefeft Workes, Each His True Ranke and Station in the Auguft Republic of Letters; Whereby the Lector Need No More Bee in Jeopardie of Beftowing His Houres upon Fuftian-clad Men of Brafs or Other Bafe Metal, While Noble Men of Golde, Vestured in Samite, Stande Mute but Readie to Accorde Him the Sweet Boon of Their Fellowship, if He Will but Addrefs Himfelf Civillie to Them.

Tros Tyriusque mihi Nullo Discrimine Agetur Printed by Doubleday, Page & Company, Bookfellers, at the Signe of the Fruity Tree, Which Is in the Garden Citie, over Against the Cathedral Churche of the Incarnation, and Hard by the Antiente Towne of Hempftede, on the Lone Island, Called Paumanok by the Red Indians, 1924.

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