The Collector: Essays on Books, Newspapers, Pictures, Inns, Authors Doctors, Holidays, Actors, Preachers

By: Tuckerman, Henry T.

It was one of the conclusions arrived at by Adelung, that the same language would not maintain it-self beyond the limit of a hundred and fifty thousand square miles; but by means of books the limits of the world alone are the limits within which language and the enjoyment of it can be confined. Letters waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole, and printed volumes carry thoughts that breathe and words that burn over the great oceans from one quarter of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08RQSLKJ7
• ISBN13: 9798588593045
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"