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, the Hampshire Bookshop of Northampton, Massachusetts, sought to be the kin=
d of "personal bookshop" that brought readers and writers together=
 in a stimulating, friendly environment. It also pioneered women's leadershi=
p in the American book trade, and its dedicated clientele included the commo=
n reader as well as the college scholar--in a venture that Virginia Woolf an=
d her Bloomsbury compatriots would have applauded.<BR>
&nbsp;Drawing its title from the 1931 book catalog to which Woolf contribut=
ed her essay &quot;The Love of Reading,&quot; the lecture will explore the w=
ays in which one independent bookstore became a model for bookwomen but left=
 a legacy far beyond its geographic or gender spheres.<BR>
&nbsp;The audience will have the opportunity to view items from Smith Colle=
ge's Hampshire Bookshop Collection, in a welcoming environment surrounded by=
 the impressive special collections of the College's Neilson Library.<BR>
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<B>Thursday, Mar. 13, 4:00 p.m.<BR>
</B>Mortimer Rare Book Room<BR>
Smith College<BR>
Northampton, Massachusetts<BR>
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Barbara A. Brannon, Ph.D.<BR>
The Publishing Laboratory<BR>
University of North Carolina-Wilmington<BR>
601 S. College Rd.<BR>
Wilmington NC 28403<BR>
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