Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Holbrook Jackson
![Holbrook Jackson](/img/nopic_profile.png)
Born: December 31, 1874
Died: June 16, 1948 (aged 73)
Bio: George Holbrook Jackson was a British journalist, writer and publisher. He was recognised as one of the leading bibliophiles of his time.
Known for:
- The anatomy of bibliomania (1930)
- The Eighteen Nineties (1913)
- The fear of books (1932)
- The reading of books (1946)
- Platitudes in the making (1911)