BOOKMAN'S PLEASURE

by Holbrook- Ed. Jackson ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 18, 1947

This falls into the category of The Practical Cogitator rather than the usual type of anthology, and it is keyed very definitely to the market indicated in the subtitle, ""A Recreation for Booklovers"" and might well accomplish what Mr. Jackson hopes- start booklovers doing their own collecting of apt allusions, quotations et al. His own reading background is a rich and varied one; in sorting and arranging his material- drawn from as varied sources as Matthew Arnold, Jane Austen, Arnold Bennett, James Boswell, the Brownings, Byron, the Carlyles, Coleridge, Emerson, Goldsmith, Greville, Hazlitt, Homer, Hume, Dr. Johnson, Keats, Lamb, Lowell, Macaulay, Motley, Pope, Scott, Tennyson, -- he indicates a tapestry we well might emulate. Fun to pick up.

Pub Date: April 18, 1947

ISBN: 1417985976

Page Count: -

Publisher: Farrar, Straus

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1947

Categories: NONFICTION