Seven books I keep close because I love them

The bookshelf by my elbow, the one that I can reach without getting up, has seven books on it, not necessarily the ones I look in the most, but the ones whose emanations I most hope will infuse me as I write. Roget's Thesaurus (4th edition) The one I actually refer to most often is the Harper and Row Roget's Thesaurus . I thought I had acquired this in my teens, but the note on the flyleaf says…