Herewith a bit about “the birds and the bees” for booklovers who may have been wondering, innocently, why it is that every free square foot is eventually piled high:
It is well known that it is not safe to have books in the house as they marry and have children, so producing over-populated neighborhoods; but attics are just as bad.
Angela Thirkell in Three Score and Ten
That does explain a lot.
ReplyDeleteThat's why safe readers should always use a dust cover.
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