Meaning of bookling | Babel Free

Definitions

A short-length or compact book, typically under one hundred pages.

Examples

“A bit of a bookling of some thirty pages, but one of great utility, inasmuch as it contains Tables by which the value of cattle, grain, &c. &c., may be ascertained at a glance⟳, with the utmost ease and near approach⟳ to extreme accuracy.”

“Then the proud, who love⟳ to see⟳ large octavos and duodecimos in vain bindings on their shelves, may have⟳ their fancy's fill⟳, while to every sincere lover of literature shall be given his little light⟳ bookling, to be read⟳ abed, or lounged with in an easy-chair, or to be unpocketed for a taste⟳ of its sweetness in city car or cab, or upon still country by-paths.”

CEFR level