I Have a Book"Fortunately, the costs of books have been so lowered in recent years, compared with other commodities of enduring pleasure and benefit, that everyone can afford to own books and have them in his home. No longer need we keep them under lock and key or confine them to a special room for safety. We can have them where we can handle them, read and reread them. They have become more diversified every year to fit every mood of the reader and every interest. It is sensible then to keep them where we are most apt to want them."-- Introduction. |
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