The home library . Fig. Fig. 17. Among the best temporary binders are two made bythe Library Bureau (Figs. 16 and 17) ; the former is per-haps better than the latter, as it does not demand a pierc-ing of the pamphlet. VII. ON THE MAKING OF SCEAP-BOOKS. The usefulness of a well-kept scrap-book was neverdisputed by any man who has acquired the knack of mak-ing one. The making of a scrap-book, however, is an art,and it does not come by nature like those simpler accom-plishments, reading and writing. There are almost asmany who make a false start and then give up the scrap-book as there are w
The home library . Fig. Fig. 17. Among the best temporary binders are two made bythe Library Bureau (Figs. 16 and 17) ; the former is per-haps better than the latter, as it does not demand a pierc-ing of the pamphlet. VII. ON THE MAKING OF SCEAP-BOOKS. The usefulness of a well-kept scrap-book was neverdisputed by any man who has acquired the knack of mak-ing one. The making of a scrap-book, however, is an art,and it does not come by nature like those simpler accom-plishments, reading and writing. There are almost asmany who make a false start and then give up the scrap-book as there are who attempt the keeping of a journal,or diary, and the failure is in both cases generally dueto the one error—a too ambitious beginning, or at leasta beginning on a plan out of proportion to the needs ofthe maker. In fact, just as one man may have the op-portunity, the leisure, and the temperament to write anelaborate and interesting journal, while another manmust needs content himself with the briefest and most con-densed
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