Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . that isbecause you do nut take into account thevast ebb and flow of its stock, whose channelsare spread over half the kingdom. Thesuccessful volumes, in their hundreds and eventhousands, are no sooner within these fourwalls than the) speed straightway forth againto the boudoirs and drawing-rooms of theMetropolis. But after a time they have theirvogue, alas! often a short-lived one, and thenthey descend to the catacombs. We havesaid that Mudies is the paradise of novels ; itis also their purgatory.
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . that isbecause you do nut take into account thevast ebb and flow of its stock, whose channelsare spread over half the kingdom. Thesuccessful volumes, in their hundreds and eventhousands, are no sooner within these fourwalls than the) speed straightway forth againto the boudoirs and drawing-rooms of theMetropolis. But after a time they have theirvogue, alas! often a short-lived one, and thenthey descend to the catacombs. We havesaid that Mudies is the paradise of novels ; itis also their purgatory. Here in the cellarsare stored the thousands of have-beens,once the talk of the town, and now despisedeven by the country circulating libraries inconnection with Mudies. It is a sad sight,these tons of once-triumphant three-deckers,now to be had almost for the price of waste-paper. Many a popular living author mightcome here to learn humility. Here is thecountry department with its countless boxes,large and small, coining and going, bringingback books from libraries, clubs, societies, and LUl. 96 LIVING LONDON.
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