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Library Associates Newsletter
Spring 1997- NEWSLETTER 47

IN THIS ISSUE

 

 
 
 
The World of Larry Collins
 
Library Wisdom
 
Chimes Ring for Lauinger
 
Rosenthal Endowment Expanded
 
A Silver Fork and Spoon
 
Library of Congress Joins CIRLA
A Book About Books
 
A Note of Appreciation
 

Library Wisdom

"Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge! It blossoms through the year! And depend on it, Mrs. Malaprop, that they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last."

Sheridan, The Rivals


"22 acknowledged concubines, and a library of 62,000 volumes attested the variety of his inclinations; and from the productions which he left behind him, it appears that both the one and the other were designed for use rather than for ostentation." [Emperor Gordian the Younger]

Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire