Rude Words: History of the London Library

by John Wells

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The London Library claims to be the largest lending library in the world. This informative and entertaining history was written to celebrate the library's 150th birthday. The author's affection for the place is shared by some 8,000 fellow members. His book, together with more than one million others, can be found on the open-access shelves. (

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It seemed manifest, Carlyle told Milnes, that the thing was extensively taking root. "If we could *heat* it by one good burst of sun-splendour, or artificial furnace *flash*-splendour, it would germinate straightaway and fill all Cockneydom with its boughs and leaves!" The London Library had become the Tree Igdrasil, the life force.

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