第一章 读之抉择 2 Enemies of Books 书的敌人 20 The Handling and Mishandling of Books 持书与毁书 30 How Not to Care for Books 毁书小记 54 The Book Action 拯救书籍 74 How to Care for Books 如何呵护书 第二章 书之归去来 100 Of the Manner of Lending All Our Books to Students 关于向学者出借书的规范 108 Welcome Home Borrowed Book 欢迎回家,我的书 112 On the Return of a Book Lent to a Friend 友人还书记 116 Lending Books 谈借书 126 Bibliomania 藏书狂 第三章 书虫如是说 134 My Workshop and Others 我的书房及其他 150 A Private Library All Your Own 属于自己的私人藏书 162 What Libraries Mean to the Nation 图书馆对于国家的意义 176 The Literary Addiction 为书痴狂 184 The Gentle Madness of Book Collecting 藏书之雅疯 第四章 书籍的薄暮 194 How Reading Changed My Life 阅读怎样改变了我的生活 212 The Premature Obituary of the Book—Why Literature? 提前宣告书籍的死亡——文学有什么用? 230 The Library in the New Age 新时代的图书馆 248 Why I Stopped Buying Books 我为何不再买书 256 Printed Books Are Not Dead 纸书不死
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