The History of the Commonplace Book »
By jay on Jul 7, 2006 in Commonplace Book | 0 Comments
“Time was when readers kept commonplace books. Whenever they came across a pithy passage, they copied it into a notebook under an appropriate heading, adding observations made in the course of daily life. Erasmus instructed them how to do it . . .The practice spread everywhere in early modern England, among ordinary readers as well [...]
