Gossip In A Library - Edmund Gosse - Bog

Gossip In A Library is a collection of essays written by Edmund Gosse, a British writer and critic. The book was first published in 1891 and has since become a classic in the field of literary criticism. The essays in this book are all centered around the theme of books and libraries, and Gosse's musings on various literary topics. The book is divided into two parts. The first part contains essays on famous authors such as John Milton, Samuel Johnson, and William Wordsworth. Gosse provides insightful commentary on their works, their lives, and their influence on literature. The second part of the book focuses on libraries and book collecting. Gosse shares his own experiences as a book collector and discusses the importance of libraries in preserving knowledge and culture.Throughout the book, Gosse's writing is characterized by his wit, erudition, and love of books. He is a master of the art of literary criticism, and his essays are both informative and entertaining. Gossip In A Library is a must-read for anyone interested in literature, libraries, and the history of books.In this slow fashion, with long Rip Van Winkle slumbers and occasional faint awakenings, the French Academy faltered on with fitful persistence towards the completion of its famous Dictionary. But, as I have said, it was a period of great enthusiasm about all such summaries of knowledge, and Paris was thirsting for grammars, lexicons, inventories of language and the like. The Academy insisted that the world must wait for the approach of their vast and lumbering machine; but meanwhile public curiosity was impatient, and all sorts of brief and imperfect dictionaries were issued to satisfy it.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.