book la the middle affe when middle ages an author bt any european university desired to publish bis thoughts bla book was read over twice in the presence of the au thorit les and it approved might be cop led and exposed for sale a practice in which the germs for state licensing may be readily distinguished it was evidently necessary however to keep a strict watch over the persons employed in this business and the statutes of the university of paris show that the booksellers were subjected to a very severe discipline they were obliged to keep a list of the books they cold and to exhibit their scale of charges and they were forbidden to purchase any manuscript till it had been duly approved by the authorities and publicly exposed to view tor fohir days when a roan works because bo la compelled to he is never a good workman globe the stoves of the middle ages and 0 tho era of the koman empire and throughout Germany and scandinavia generally were built ot brick tiles or sl rallar material and were BO large as to ba sometimes taking up the of a room and in the latter country in winter the couches and blankets were spread thereon and the family used them in lieu of the bedsteads of subsequent years the fire was built at the bottom and abo beat and smoke passed through various fluda distributing warmth before they made their exit to the chimney some of them were faced with porcelain and were highly ornamental