A monthly miscellany from books, art, history and memories, usually with a theme for the 1st of the month. Ceramics and some English worthies are often featured.
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Thursday 13 September 2012
(101) Uses for dead books
"No furniture so charming as books." Memoir Rev. Sydney Smith (on Lady Holland)
"Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life." An Apology for Idlers Robert Louis Stevenson
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