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Phantagraph, v. 10, issue 3, December 1942
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THE BOOKLINGS by Donald A. Wollheim There was a certain writer on etiquette in the deepest plush of the Victorian era who was noted for the extremes of delicacy which she strove to bring about. In one of her many lectures on the subject, she was asked by a listener as to whether there was a proper order in the home library for the placement of books by male authors and those by female authors. Without hesitation the answer was given that, while some person affected no differentiation, the better managed genteel homes kept a discreet separation between such volumes. In regards to the question of what to do about books by female authors on male subjects and vice-versa, arched eyebrows indicated that the better library would not possess such obviously indecent works. Now, as a rule, I never observe such niceties in regards to the sex of authors. I have a large library at home myself, being a bibliophile as well as a writer, and though I have at time arranged my several hundred books in alphabetical order and at other times in order by subject or interest or even color of bindings, I do not believe that I ever paid attention to such Victorian niceties as was advocated by our now, I trust, long dead authority.
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THE BOOKLINGS by Donald A. Wollheim There was a certain writer on etiquette in the deepest plush of the Victorian era who was noted for the extremes of delicacy which she strove to bring about. In one of her many lectures on the subject, she was asked by a listener as to whether there was a proper order in the home library for the placement of books by male authors and those by female authors. Without hesitation the answer was given that, while some person affected no differentiation, the better managed genteel homes kept a discreet separation between such volumes. In regards to the question of what to do about books by female authors on male subjects and vice-versa, arched eyebrows indicated that the better library would not possess such obviously indecent works. Now, as a rule, I never observe such niceties in regards to the sex of authors. I have a large library at home myself, being a bibliophile as well as a writer, and though I have at time arranged my several hundred books in alphabetical order and at other times in order by subject or interest or even color of bindings, I do not believe that I ever paid attention to such Victorian niceties as was advocated by our now, I trust, long dead authority.
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