TY - JOUR AB - “WHAT a place to be in, is an old library! It seems as though all the souls of all the writers, that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians, were reposing here, as in some dormitory or middle state. I do not want to handle, to profane the leaves, their winding sheets… I seem to inhale learning, walking amid their foliage.” Thus wrote Charles Lamb, of the Bodleian Library, which is the largest library to bear the name of a private benefactor, and amongst British libraries, is second only in importance to the British Museum. VL - 12 IS - 7 SN - 0307-4803 DO - 10.1108/eb008930 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb008930 PY - 1910 Y1 - 1910/01/01 TI - The Library World Volume 12 Issue 7 T2 - New Library World PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 240 EP - 292 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -