...bibliographer, and his inspiration is as dangerous a gift as the appetite of the gambler or dipsomaniac — it grows with what it feeds upon, and finally possesses...have cured me of the habit, and I shall never again tte spellbound in that way. * * * This raises another question, which may be put in this way : Where...

...bibliographer, and his Inspiration is as dangerous a gift as the appetite of the gambler or dipsomaniac — it grows with what it feeds upon, and finally possesses...and I shall never again be spellbound in that way. * * * This raises another question, which may be put in this way : Where is the man who will undertake...

...dipsomaniac—it grows with what it feeds upon, and finally possesses its victim like any other invincible vice. It is lucky for me that I was forcibly divorced from...mania; at any rate, years have cured me of the habit. . . . But my own care need not and will not deter others from trying bibliography for themselves. ....