Book - lending. — In Kelson, th< sapers have published long lettera on book borrowing and not returning them. Amongs other things the Colonist had the following :- "A fair correspondent, who signs hersel • Annie,' resuscitates the old lines, re boo! borrowing, which some older heads may re member was in vogue some forty or fift; years ago. ' Suppose we close the book dia quisition for the present, by quoting th lines, which are as applicable to-day as the; were when written :—: — If thou art 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, I find, if often lent, Return to me no more. %♦ Read slowly, pause frequently, think seriously, keep cleanly, return duly— With the corners of the leaves not turned x clown." A young New York married lady can see "why two people should mope into] tude because they happened to hai answered in the affirmative, in the presem pf witnesses, some very polite inquiries ; tT>A nrAv«r«boflki"
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Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 219, 11 April 1872, Page 6
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