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The Chapters in this Book
- MY FIRST LOVE 3
- THE BIRTH OF A NEW PASSION 15
- THE LUXURY OF READING IN BED 29
- THE MANIA OF COLLECTING SEIZES ME 43
- BALDNESS AND INTELLECTUALITY 55
- MY ROMANCE WITH FIAMMETTA 67
- THE DELIGHTS OF FENDER-FISHING 79
- BALLADS AND THEIR MAKERS 93
- BOOKSELLERS AND PRINTERS, OLD AND NEW 107
- WHEN FANCHONETTE BEWITCHED ME 121
- DIAGNOSIS OF THE BACILLUS LIBRORUM 135
- THE PLEASURES OF EXTRA-ILLUSTRATION 149
- ON THE ODORS WHICH MY BOOKS EXHALE 163
- ELZEVIRS AND DIVERS OTHER MATTERS 175
- A BOOK THAT BRINGS SOLACE AND CHEER 189
- THE MALADY CALLED CATALOGITIS 203
- THE NAPOLEONIC RENAISSANCE 217
- MY WORKSHOP AND OTHERS 229
- OUR DEBT TO MONKISH MEN 243
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