pandop: (books)
pandop ([personal profile] pandop) wrote2008-10-07 09:02 pm

3 things that have made me smile today

All from the same book - The Library at Night Alberto Manguel

Firstly a quote, allegedly from the library at Alexandria

The place of the cure of the soul

If I ever have a library/craft room, I am so making a sampler of this for the wall :)

Secondly, that Pepys made little 'high heels' for his smaller books, so that the tops were all level on his shelves!

Thirdly, that the LoC has subject headings which include:
- bat binding
- chickens in religion and folklore
- sewage: collected works

[identity profile] phonemonkey.livejournal.com 2008-10-08 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
I must read that book. Every one of these things also made me smile.

[identity profile] hazelstitch.livejournal.com 2008-10-08 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
It is shaping up to be a wonderful book