A quibble about notes: could we please put them at the bottom of the page?

Reading more than one book at a time means that it takes me longer to finish a particular book, but I find that that disadvantage, such as it is, is usually outweighed by the insights gained by the sometimes serendipitous and sometimes planned connections between the books that I’m reading. I developed this practice while teaching at a small liberal arts college, when it was common for me to be…