Word: booked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...body of the book is devoted to a very clear and systematic review of the causes of the various symptoms of illness and to distinguishing between those safe- ly self-treated and the more dangerous kind. Some current fallacies of the day are disposed of as he goes along, such as the illogic of most of the cures offered for colds and the dangers of vigorous athletics as a cure...
...capable and comprehensive is the book that one's only regret is that the author failed to deal with the much-debated problem of how much a patient should be told of his condition. With this exception, however, it keeps to its profession of frankness and is well worth the purchase of anyone interested in knowing the whys and where fores of the advice their doctor gives them
...taken up with its exposition, it is hard to justify the fact on any artistic or intellectual grounds. And what applies to the bulk of the "novels" of this character applies in particular to "Plundered Host." In the words of the late Ambrose Bierce, "The covers of this book are too far apart...
...recommend it. The story starts nowhere, gets now-where. The style is tabloid, frequently illustrated with actual newspaper stories of the most Moronic cast. Attempting, evidently, to give an impressionistic picture of the emotions of a rather sensitive reporter in the pay of a sensation-trusting city staff, the book falls short of the mark, and this despite the inclusion of various little novelties, the use of actual newspaper heads at the top of each page, the running together of several words in the foreign manner, and the common use of such perfectly good nouns...
...book collector's service to the mind of mankind cannot be overestimated. Private collections are a joy to their possessor, and often enable scholarship to perform work more congenially than is possible in a public institution. By placing their valuable possessions at the disposal of scholars and learned societies, many collectors have enriched literature. By their public spirit they have glorified public collections. It is not difficult to realize the value to scholars, and thence to literature, of the accessibility of books in such collections as the Widener at Harvard, the Huntington in California, and the Morgan in New York...