«By the late nineteenth century, according to Eduard Reyer and Rudolf Schenda, borrowing patterns in German, English, and American libraries had fallen into a strikingly similar pattern: seventy to eighty per cent of the books came from the category of light fiction (mostly novels); ten per cent came from history, biography, and travel; and less than one per cent came from religion.» (p.164)
«The French have taken the lead in this area, too. Daniel Mornet's essay of 1910, "Les enseignements des bibliothèques privées," demonstrated that the study of library catalogues could produce conclusions that challenged some of the commonplaces of literary history.» (p.164)
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