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All three of these libraries differ greatly from one which Mr. Thackeray mentions somewhere in one of his stirring romances - at least we think it was the author of that gay military novel, Vanity Fair, who intro duces us to a young gentleman whose library consisted principally of old boots. Oi course, this last is an ex treme case of biblio-poverty, yet it is not quite as extreme as it may seem at first glance. Anecdotes are not wanting to show that to many people boots are as fitting fumi ture for a library as books. A New York paper recently told a story of an enriched couple who were about to decorate their new mansion in the highest style of the latest art, and who, therefore, went about seeking hints that they might devour and digest to their own profit. Among the houses which they got leave to examine was the home of a prominent publisher; and the sight of the library therein was suggestive to the lady, for she turned to her lord with the pertinent query, Don't you think we might have some books, too.
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