J. Rogers Rees

A Gem of a book. It starts in the preface, when the author "assures his readers that despite [receiving the warning] that 'no book-worm would dare to feast upon any book produced within this century under penalty of death by poison', he is still in the land of the living". (and this is written 130 years ago in the 19th century, oh, to have some of the books his correspondent was complaining of!).
A poem to the joys of books - "to the thoughtful reader and the book-lover … there is a show more 'heaven on earth’”. Read the book in the garden on a sunny Sunday in summer and be there with him - in heaven. show less