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The Book-Hunter

by John Hill Burton

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  1. 1D.C.L., Ll.d.
  2. 2Publisher’s Note
  3. 3The Author’s Advertisement to the Second Edition
  4. 4Memoir of the Author
  5. 5Chapter II — Edinburgh
  6. 6Chapter III — Beginning of Literary Life
  7. 7Chapter IV — Second Stage of Literary Life
  8. 8Chapter V — Third Stage of Literary Life
  9. 9Chapter VI — Literary Life (Continued)
  10. 10Chapter VII — The End
  11. 11Part I — His Nature
  12. 12A Vision of Mighty Book-Hunters
  13. 13Reminiscences
  14. 14Classification
  15. 15The Prowler and the Auction-Haunter
  16. 16Part II — His Functions
  17. 17The Desultory Reader or Bohemian of Literature
  18. 18The Collector and the Scholar
  19. 19The Gleaner and His Harvest
  20. 20Pretenders
  21. 21His Achievements in the Creation of Libraries
  22. 22The Preservation of Literature
  23. 23Librarians
  24. 24Bibliographies
  25. 25Part III — His Club
  26. 26The Structure of the Book Clubs
  27. 27The Roxburghe Club
  28. 28Some Book-Club Men
  29. 29Part IV — Book-Club Literature
  30. 30John Spalding
  31. 31Robert Wodrow
  32. 32The Early Northern Saints
  33. 33Sermons in Stones

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