“But if, O Lord, it pleaseth Thee
To keep me in temptation’s way,
I humbly ask that I may be
Most notably beset to-day;
Let my temptation be a book,
Which I shall purchase, hold and keep,
Whereon, when other men shall look,
They’ll wail to know I got it cheap.”
From “The Bibliomaniac’s Prayer” by Eugene Field
Links:
Eugene Field: A Memory by Roswell Martin Field, January, 1896.
Eugene Field (Amhurst University)
Eugene Field: A Study in Heredity and Contradictions by Slason Thompson (1901) ;Google Books
Works by Eugene Field (Project Gutenberg)
Field, Eugene 1850-1895 (WorldCat)
Books by Eugene Field (Google Books)
Poems of Eugene Field by Eugene Field, Frank J. Piehl Collection of Works by and about Eugene Field. Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1910
Eugene Field Books Online: Biography, Pictures and Portrait (many links to follow)
Miscellaneous:
Eugene Field Park: Chicago Park District
