Once you got all dressed in the 1700s, you needed...  ...ace to go! You might even go to the library for a book club meeting, although that could cause people to talk...  ...These libraries weren’t just places to find books , but social institutions as well. One famous libr...  ...gave people of different...

This brought back memories for me. I'd circle all of the stuff I wanted in the tissue-thin mailers, shove them in my backpack so I could take them home to discuss with my mom, and then find them wadded up at the bottom o...