Excerpt from The Bookman's Manual: A Guide to LiteratureWhat shall a bookseller read that will be of most' help to him in his profession? What books have been written especially for booksellers?These questions bring to mind a passage in a volume called Libraries by John Cotton Dana, in which the question as to what a librarian shall read is answered thus.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.