I READ THIS BOOK A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THOUGHT I HAD IT PEGGED, BECAUSE I AM A COLLECTOR, AND THE SUBJECT OF THE THEFTS HAD SOME INTEREST. BUT THEN, AFTER, I THOUGHT MORE ABOUT IT AND DECIDED, THE AUTHOR CANNOT GET INTO THE MIND OF MR. BLAND, BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING THERE. HE WAS A POOR THIEF AND A DULL MAN. THE FACT THAT HE GOT AWAY WITH IT FOR SOME TIME IS A COMMENT ON THE LIBRARIES, NOT ON HIM. I COULD NOT CARE LESS. THE AUTHOR WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER TO CONCENTRATE ON THE COLLECTING.