The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar's study or library, is to look at his books. One gets a notion very speedily of his tastes and the range of his pursuits by a glance round his book-shelves.


The Poet at the Breakfast Table (1872)

Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes

The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar's study or library, is to look at his books. One gets a notion very speedily of his tastes and...

The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar's study or library, is to look at his books. One gets a notion very speedily of his tastes and...

The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar's study or library, is to look at his books. One gets a notion very speedily of his tastes and...

The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar's study or library, is to look at his books. One gets a notion very speedily of his tastes and...