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on beauty and accomplishments 4

Its pleasures 5

Quantity and quality of reading 5

Selection of books 6

Order of reading 7

Method of reading 8

Importance of owning the books you read 9

Effect of bad books 10

useless books 11

good books 12-15

Abbreviations used in this Work 16

Note of Explanation 17,20

The First Two Shelves of the World's Library (Table.) 18-19

Remarks on Table I. 21-80

Religion and Morals 21-24

Poetry and the Drama 25-41

Science 41-46

Biography 46-48

History 49-52

Philosophy 53-56

Essays 56-57

Fiction 58-67

Oratory 67-68

Wit and Humor 68-71

Fables and Fairy Tales 71-73

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