BOOKS AND BOOKLOVERS 3
FITNESS IN BOOK DESIGN 9
PRINT AS AN INTERPRETER OF MEANING 14
FAVORITE BOOK SIZES 19
THE VALUE OF READING 28
THE BOOK OF TO-DAY AND THE BOOK OF TO-MORROW 33
A CONSTRUCTIVE CRITIC OF THE BOOK 38
BOOKS AS A LIBRARIAN WOULD LIKE THEM 44
THE BOOK BEAUTIFUL 49
THE READER'S HIGH PRIVILEGE 63
THE BACKGROUND OF THE BOOK 79
THE CHINESE BOOK 87
THICK PAPER AND THIN 92
THE CLOTHING OF A BOOK 97
PARCHMENT BINDINGS 102
LEST WE FORGET THE FEW GREAT BOOKS 104
PRINTING PROBLEMS FOR SCIENCE TO SOLVE 115
TYPES AND EYES: THE PROBLEM 120
TYPES AND EYES: PROGRESS 128
EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE OF LEGIBILITY 134
THE STUDENT AND THE LIBRARY 139
ORTHOGRAPHIC REFORM 145
THE PERVERSITIES OF TYPE 152
A SECRET OF PERSONAL POWER 162
INDEX 171