"Reference book" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... fain have transformed existence, might be merely a part of historical investigation. These facts of preference and estimation might be made to stand side by side with all other facts in that absolute physical order which the universe must somehow possess. In the reference book of science they would all find their page and line. But it is not for the sake of making vain knowledge complete that historians are apt to linger over heroic episodes and commanding characters in the world's annals. It ...
— The Life of Reason • George Santayana
... essay may prove useful as a contribution to bibliography, and serve as a convenient reference book for those in search of information regarding the value of ...
— The Translations of Beowulf - A Critical Biography • Chauncey Brewster Tinker
... essential as a reference book, and maps of the locality where we live. A good map of old London is very useful in studying Pepys' Diary for instance. A good verbal dictionary is essential. Sometimes several should be in use: thus, Halliwell's Archaic Dictionary and Nares' Glossary are useful in ...
— The Private Library - What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know - About Our Books • Arthur L. Humphreys
... mass of information that should be within the reach of every family. This work has been prepared in response to the many thousands of inquiries received by the Editor of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN on the widest possible range of topics, and it is through these inquiries that the Editors of the REFERENCE BOOK have been enabled to determine the scope of this work. It deals with the "Progress of Discovery," "Shipping and Yachts," "The Navies of the World," "The Armies of the World," "Railroads of the World," "Population," "Education," "Telegraphs," ...
— The Scientific American Boy - The Camp at Willow Clump Island • A. Russell Bond |
