WARNING THE BOOKBORROWER.
Years ago, more so than to-day, th© book-borrower was a great- nuisance, and many a book-lover had good cause to regret his attention?. Various devices were resorted to in order to touch his conscience. One often used when books were less numerous than they are now was the following, usually printed on a label below the owner’s name, and pasted inside the cover:— If thou are borrowed by a friend, Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, not to lend, But to return to me. Not that imparted knowledge doth Diminish learning's store ; But books. 1 find, if often lent Return to me no more.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16573, 4 November 1921, Page 6
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110WARNING THE BOOKBORROWER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16573, 4 November 1921, Page 6
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