Every now and then in our reading we come suddenly face to face with first things, -the very elemental sources beyond which no man may go. There is a distinct satisfaction in dealing with such beginnings, and, when they are those of literature, the sense of freshness is nothing short of inspiring. To share the same lofty outlook, to breathe the same high air with those who first sensed a whole era of creative thoughts, is the next thing to being the gods' chosen medium for those primal expressions
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Every now and then in our reading we come suddenly face to face with first things, -the very elemental sources beyond which no man may go. There is a distinct satisfaction in dealing with such beginnings, and, when they are those of literature, the sense of freshness is nothing short of inspiring. To share the same lofty outlook, to breathe the same high air with those who first sensed a whole era of creative thoughts, is the next thing to being the gods' chosen medium for those primal expressions
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Very Good. Reprint. 632pp. Illustrated with both color and black-and-white plates. Blind embossed brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine title. Owner's name and date penned on front fly, foxing, spine sunned with ends frayed, a good only copy lacking the dustwrapper.
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