. Tales from Maria Edgeworth; . 1903. (jL^Tw***-*1*- One of the things which perplexes the dreamer—for in spite of the critics there are dreamers still—isthe almost complete extinction of the early editions ofcertain popular works. The pompous, respectable, full-wigged folios, with their long lists of subscribers, andtheir magniloquent dedications, find their permanentabiding places in noblemens libraries, where, unless,with the Chrysostom in Pope, they are used for thesmoothing of bands or the drying of flowers, nobodyever disturbs them. They are sacred by their bulk :like the regimental big
. Tales from Maria Edgeworth; . 1903. (jL^Tw***-*1*- One of the things which perplexes the dreamer—for in spite of the critics there are dreamers still—isthe almost complete extinction of the early editions ofcertain popular works. The pompous, respectable, full-wigged folios, with their long lists of subscribers, andtheir magniloquent dedications, find their permanentabiding places in noblemens libraries, where, unless,with the Chrysostom in Pope, they are used for thesmoothing of bands or the drying of flowers, nobodyever disturbs them. They are sacred by their bulk :like the regimental big drum, they are too large to bemislaid. But where are all the first copies of that littleoctavo of 246 pages, price eighteen pence, Printed byT. Maxey for Rich. Marriot in S. Dunstans Church-yard, Fleetstreet, in 1653, which constitute the editioprinceps of Waltons Angler} Probablv they wereworn out in the pockets of Honest Jzaaks brothersof the Angle, or left to bake and cockle in wayside Introduction alehouse windows, or dropped
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