The joys of forgetting; a book of bagatelles. With a foreword by Walter de la Mare.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shepard, Odell, 1884-1967
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press [1969]
Series:Essay index reprint series
Table of Contents:
  • The joys of forgetting
  • A modern myth-maker
  • Knight of the loving heart
  • The natural history of hobby-horses
  • In defence of the unicorn
  • The wealth of childhood
  • Dolls and dolldom
  • The pursuit of learning
  • Lending enchantment to the view
  • Pigeon-holes
  • Deep calleth unto deep
  • Candle-holding
  • From a moving window
  • Black magic
  • Adventures in the dictionary
  • A thorn of speech
  • Epistolary art and ethics
  • Essays by word of mouth
  • The lecture mystery
  • The long and short of it
  • Pen-prints
  • Shelving systems
  • Marginalia
  • Cui bono?--A belated tribute to printers.