On the Reading of Books
On Thursday, May 1, 1783, with “the young Mr. (Edmund) Burke” present, Samuel Johnson remarked: “It is strange that there should be so little reading in the world…
On Thursday, May 1, 1783, with “the young Mr. (Edmund) Burke” present, Samuel Johnson remarked: “It is strange that there should be so little reading in the world…
Above the staff computers in the fourth floor workroom, which is on the 1st floor and has been for months and months – the library has contractors –…