Excerpt from The Book-Lover: A Guide to the Best Reading

I love my books as drinkers love their wine, The more I drink, the more they seem divine With joy elate my soul in love runs o'er, And each fresh draught is sweeter than before l Books bring me friends where'er on earth I be, Solace Of solitude, bonds of society.

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