The plan--The writer's practical career--Deficiency of a general knowledge of the subject--The Printed Book and the Manuscript independent branches of study--The rich and the poor collector--Their relative systems and advantages--Great results achieved by persons of moderate fortune--The Rev. Thomas Corser--Lamb and Coleridge--Human interest resident in collections formed by such men, and the genuine pleasure experienced by the owners--A case or two stated--The Chevalier D'Eon--The contrary practice--Comparatively early culture in the provinces and interchange of books--Lady collectors--Rarity of hereditary libraries--The alterations in the aspect of books--The Mill a fellow-labourer with th…
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