CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK-LOVER

CONFESSIONS OF ABOOK-LOVER

E. WALTER WALTERS

With an Introduction by
COULSON KERNAHAN
AUTHOR OF ‘THE FACE BEYOND THE DOOR,’
‘GOD AND THE ANT,’ ETC.

LONDON
CHARLES H. KELLY
25-35 CITY ROAD, AND 26 PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.

First Edition, 1913

To
THE MEMORY OF
MY FATHER

CHAP.		PAGE
	INTRODUCTION BY COULSON KERNAHAN	9
I.	‘HUMBLY TO CONFESS’	17
II.	BOOKS AND GARDENS	27
III.	BOOKS THAT TEMPT	37
IV.	‘OUTSIDE THEIR BOOKS’	47
V.	BOOKS THAT CAPTIVATE	55
VI.	PERSONALITIES IN ‘BOOKLAND’	63
VII.	SECOND-HAND BOOKS	73
VIII.	‘THE CULT OF THE BOOKPLATE’	81
IX.	BEDSIDE BOOKS	91
X.	OLD FRIENDS	99
XI.	THROUGH ROSE-COLOURED SPECTACLES	107
XII.	WITH NATURE	117
XIII.	A PILGRIMAGE	127
XIV.	FAREWELL	137

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INTRODUCTION

BY COULSON KERNAHAN

PART of

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