The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864

book in that collection: how much human labor does it stand for? How

much capital was invested originally in its production, and how much tribute of time and toil does it receive per annum? Regarding books as intellectual estate, how much does it cost mankind to procure and keep up an average specimen? What quantity of human resources has been originally and consecutively sunk in th...