Books in chains, and other bibliographical papers

PART I. WIMBORNE MINSTER.

In this our great Babylon where, in the arena of trade and mammon-worship, every morning sees the renewal of fierce competitive contests,--where the fight is to the strong and clever, and where every night looks down on the vanquished, dead or wounded on the field,--there are not a few, even among the combatants, who, when the day’s toils and anxieties are ...