The Librarian at Play (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Librarian at Play "We are thinking of calling them "interest gauges, '" said the agent , "but perhaps you can suggest a better name." I took one of the little instruments and examined it. Hardly over as inch long, with its glass tube and scale, it resembles a tiny thermometer. The figures and letters were so small that I could not make them out, though they became clear enough thorough a reading-glass. "interest gauges, " I remarked , "sounds like something connected with banks. I should think you could find a better name. Who invented them?" "They were invented, " he explained, "by Professor Dufunnie, the great psychologist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.