Books Fatal to Their Authors
P. H. Ditchfield
Books Fatal to Their Authors
P. H. Ditchfield · English
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Books Fatal to Their Authors
P. H. Ditchfield · English
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PREFACE. TO THE BOOK-LOVER. _To record the woes of authors and to discourse_ de libris fatalibus _seems deliberately to court the displeasure of that fickle mistress who presides over the destinies of writers and their works. Fortune awaits the aspiring scribe with many wiles, and oft treats him sorely. If she enrich any, it is but to make them subject of her sport. If she raise others, it is but to pleasure herself with their ruins. What she adorned but yesterday is to-day her pastime, and if w
Books Fatal to Their Authors
P. H. Ditchfield
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