The Valley of the Sorcerer I placed the book on the little table on which the shaded lamp rested and moved the screen to one side.

Thus I could have the light on my book; and by looking up, see the bed, and the Nurse, and the door.

I cannot say that the conditions were enjoyable, or calculated to allow of that absorption in the subject which is advisable for effective study.

However, I composed myself to the work as well as I could.

The book was one which, on the very face of it, required special attention.
It was a folio in Dutch, printed in Amsterdam in 1650.