THE SECOND COMMON READER.
Edition: Paperback.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1965, c 1932.). A collection of short pieces on books, authors - included Mary Wollstonecraft, Christina Rosetti, Dunne and George Gissing - and on reading. The final sentence is worth quoting - "I have sometimes dreamt,at least, that when the Day of Judgment dawns, . . . the Almighty will turn to Peter and will say, not without a certain envy when he sees us coming with our books under our arms, ' Look these need no reward. . . They have loved reading.' " 245 pp.
Condition: Very good - a tight straight copy, prev owner's name inside front cover, no creasing on spine, a bit of dampstaining at base of spine.
Book ID: 88665
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