"The History of Scotland" by James Browne

[WClarkB]

Getting a book on loan from a library is like wearing a rented kilt.

I beg your pardon, sir. I am a librarian as well as a history instructor, and I am very proud of the services libraries provide to the public, so I find your comments somewhat disturbing to say the least.

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.

-- Andrew Carnegie (born in Dunfermline)

I can't tell you how many times I have been able to locate and use a resource that would otherwise by unaccessible thanks to a library.


Todd

Then Todd, you have looked for insult where none was meant nor expressed. It was meant and said in the way it was said and meant. The pride of ownership of a book to me is just as much a personal pleasure as I would find with the ownership of an article of clothing tailored to me. The book is NOT just the information within the covers no more than the kilt is a covering for my bum.

To blow this out of proportion as you have is neither justified nor constructive. I stand by my statement and cherish my ratty looking library card quite as much as any bibliophile.

Walter

[macwilkin]

Then Todd, you have looked for insult where none was meant nor expressed. It was meant and said in the way it was said and meant. The pride of ownership of a book to me is just as much a personal pleasure as I would find with the ownership of an article of clothing tailored to me. The book is NOT just the information within the covers no more than the kilt is a covering for my bum.

To blow this out of proportion as you have is neither justified nor constructive. I stand by my statement and cherish my ratty looking library card quite as much as any bibliophile.

Walter

Perhaps if you had used a or a :mrgreen:, it might have helped translate the meaning behind your words just a wee bit better. As a fellow bibliophile myself, I certainly appreciate what you say regarding the beauty of a book. If I misunderstood you, then I apologize.

T.

[WClarkB]

Perhaps if you had used a or a :mrgreen:, it might have helped translate the meaning behind your words just a wee bit better. As a fellow bibliophile myself, I certainly appreciate what you say regarding the beauty of a book. If I misunderstood you, then I apologize.

T.

"But words are words; I never yet did hear
That the bruised heart was pierced through the ear"

The Tragedy of Othello
Wm Shakespeare

[SteveB]

I also live (intentionally) near some rather important repositories of historical works. In the City of Boston is the Boston Public Library that has in the manuscript vaults some of the original writings of the founders of this nation, it also houses an incredible inventory of books of historical worth since Pilgrim times. Many of these would only available in collections of wealthy book collectors, if not for the work of the Library. I am a research genealogist, and have the luxury of being a short subway ride from the New England Historic and Genealogical Society and its five floors of primary source materials. In one train change is the Boston Athenium, which has a vast library and a most comfortable reading room. A short ride on the bus brings me to the National Archives Waltham resource center. At Columbia Point is the Massachusetts State Archives, where history's early records are stored and made available to the public.

There is also a space problem. In my home I have over 4,000 volumes. These are the works that either I use regularly or are ones that give me great pleasure in reading time and again. I like being able to use the works that are at these other facilities to augment my on hand resources.

The collection that is the topic of this post would find here a place of honour, as I have already read it at the Scottish Heritage Center, but would like to be able to read it often.

Slainte

[Lachlan09]

Sweet niblets ! And here was me thinking this thread was about the "Godfather of Soul" and his contribution to Scotland. What were his most famous Scottish-inspired hits ?

How about "It's a Mac's Mac's Mac's World" ?

[macwilkin]

"But words are words; I never yet did hear
That the bruised heart was pierced through the ear"

The Tragedy of Othello
Wm Shakespeare

Point well taken. Again, my apologies for misunderstanding your meaning.

Sincerely,

Todd

[Fast Eddie]

Sweet niblets ! And here was me thinking this thread was about the "Godfather of Soul" and his contribution to Scotland. What were his most famous Scottish-inspired hits ?

LOL... how about "Papa's got a brand new bag(pipe)"?

[Lachlan09]

Heh Heh !! Nice one !