Hilda Smith
Author: Mark Twain
Title: The Innocents Abroad
LSU Rating: 4
Author: Paul Collins
Title: The Book of William
LSU Rating: 5
Summary: The Book of William tells of English professor Paul Collin's quest to rediscover the first printed collection of Shakespeare's plays, known as the "First Folio". He travels the world, visiting the great libraries and great collectors, tracing the ownership of many folios through the centuries. It combines history, finance, publishing, geography, scholarship, travel, rare books, auctions, academia, descriptions of Shakespeare's contemporaries and the printing/publishing business of his time...I found it delightful and learned so much. His writing style is easy, engaging, and fun. To think that we are all just stewards of our book collections until we die, then they pass to someone else to use and cherish (or to Susan Patt's class to repurpose as art!)...
Title: The Innocents Abroad
LSU Rating: 4
Author: Paul Collins
Title: The Book of William
LSU Rating: 5
Summary: The Book of William tells of English professor Paul Collin's quest to rediscover the first printed collection of Shakespeare's plays, known as the "First Folio". He travels the world, visiting the great libraries and great collectors, tracing the ownership of many folios through the centuries. It combines history, finance, publishing, geography, scholarship, travel, rare books, auctions, academia, descriptions of Shakespeare's contemporaries and the printing/publishing business of his time...I found it delightful and learned so much. His writing style is easy, engaging, and fun. To think that we are all just stewards of our book collections until we die, then they pass to someone else to use and cherish (or to Susan Patt's class to repurpose as art!)...