The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac

 

by Eugene Field

 

Bibliomaniac

 

[Editor’s note: This work has always been a favorite among book collectors.  Eugene Field was a charming writer, and there is no question that he loved books. These two aspects of his personality converge nicely in the essays presented herein.]

 

Introduction

 

My First Love

 

The Birth of a New Passion

 

The Luxury of Reading in Bed

 

The Mania of Collecting Seizes Me

 

Baldness and Intellectuality

 

My Romance With Fiammetta

 

The Delights of Fender-Fishing

 

Ballads and Their Makers

 

Booksellers and Printers, Old and New

 

When Fanchonette Bewitched Me

 

Diagnosis of the Bacillus Librorum

 

The Pleasures of Extra-Illustration

 

On the Odors Which My Books Exhale

 

Elzevirs and Divers Other Matters

 

A Book That Brings Solace and Cheer

 

The Malady Called Catalogitis

 

The Napoleonic Renaissance

 

My Workshop and Others

 

Our Debt to Monkish Men