Books That Count: A Dictionary of Useful Books (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Books That Count: A Dictionary of Useful BooksIN preparing a second edition of this work, the first large edition having been exhausted, I have striven to make it, even more than formerly, a reliable guide to those books which treat their subjects on broad lines, and in point of knowledge, research, and re¿ection approximate to standard value.While the principles that underlay the compilation of the original work have been strictly adhered to, I have not been unmindful that a colossal war has changed the face of the world, and made all things new. That fact alone has made the task one of abnormal difficulty. Many of the pre-war books no longer suffice, others that still keep their place are out of print, while it is only within the last eighteen months that the books requisite to the new age have begun to appear. Further, the situation was rendered more com plicated by a serious crisis, or rather a succession of crises, in the printing trade which increased the cost of production to such an extent that the editorial work for a considerable period had to be entirely suspended. If, therefore, this new edition of Books That Count is not without blemishes (and I am fully conscious of them), it ought to be remembered that they are largely attributable to the extraordinary conditions under which the work was prepared.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.