| | 1 | Author: | Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932 | Add | | | Title: | Baxter's Procrustes  | | | | Published: | 1994 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | BAXTER'S Procrustes is one of the publications of the Bodleian
Club. The Bodleian Club is composed of gentlemen of culture, who
are interested in books and book-collecting. It was named, very
obviously, after the famous library of the same name, and not only
became in our city a sort of shrine for local worshipers of fine
bindings and rare editions, but was visited occasionally by
pilgrims from afar. The Bodleian has entertained Mark Twain,
Joseph Jefferson, and other literary and histrionic celebrities.
It possesses quite a collection of personal mementos of
distinguished authors, among them a paperweight which once belonged
to Goethe, a lead pencil used by Emerson, an autograph letter of
Matthew Arnold, and a chip from a tree felled by Mr. Gladstone.
Its library contains a number of rare books, including a fine
collection on chess, of which game several of the members are
enthusiastic devotees. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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