The Readers Encyclopedia

[Libro]

I am a reference book maven and as such thought I'd make mention of Benet's brilliant]The Readers Encyclopedia which is a treasure trove (cliche I know) of literary (and otherwise) information too dear not to be known by intelligent people. This book has gone throughh many editions since its first appereance in 1948. It is based rather loosely on Ebenezer Cobham's equally delightful The Readers Handbook and since these "commonplace books" no longer seem to exist it is vital that readers and thinking folk look to get these in their personal library. It would be facetious to attempt to 'outline' Benet's great undertaking in this space but check the book out on the Internet Archive or Gutenebrg sites - you will be more than glad that you did.

[Libro]

Replying to my own post as it seems the Philiistines are only interested in Grisham and Zane (ugh!) - like so many other things on the Internet this forum seems calculated to be prosaic and basically useless...i came upon this by accidient as I had forgotten that I even bothered to start a thread in the first place. Nonetheless hope springs eternal and perhaps there are some dedicated purveyors of great reading material who will bother to look further into the brilliance of Cobham and Benet. Here's hoping at any rate...

[Calidore]

I'm not sure why you assume that the lack of a reply to your post means that nobody checked the work out, nor how it makes this forum "useless". I am sure, however, that taking the low road like that will cause less attention to be paid to your future posts. You might rethink your approach.

[Poetaster]

Replying to my own post as it seems the Philiistines are only interested in Grisham and Zane (ugh!) - like so many other things on the Internet this forum seems calculated to be prosaic and basically useless...i came upon this by accidient as I had forgotten that I even bothered to start a thread in the first place. Nonetheless hope springs eternal and perhaps there are some dedicated purveyors of great reading material who will bother to look further into the brilliance of Cobham and Benet. Here's hoping at any rate...

Well, isn't this a post void of any class or social nicety.

[ennison]

I like Grisham. Guess that makes me a pal of Goliath