...booklovers since books have existed. "The first time I read an excellent book," says Oliver Goldsmith, "it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read over a book that I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one." Without books, invalids especially...

...exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight. " — Baron Montesquieu. " The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just ae if I had gained a new friend ; when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting...