英国十九世纪有一位藏书家威廉·布列地斯写过一本书,名叫《书的敌人》,几乎是藏书家的必读物。他在书中所列举有关书的敌人,除了水、火和害虫之外,还有尘埃、仆役、小孩、钉书匠人等。很明显,书籍的敌人虽然为数不少,却始终以火灾最为严重。因此,藏书与火厄应该最受爱书人的关注。火灾对于藏书的破坏,无疑是书籍的最大厄运。香港有一位作家萧桐,他也是一位喜欢搜集绝版书的藏书家,家里藏了不少他历年来在香港旧书店、地摊捡觅得来的绝版书。不久前,他不幸在一次意外的火灾中被烧伤,在医院里治了一段时期后伤重去 A British book collector in the nineteenth century William Brides wrote a book called The Enemy of the Book, which is almost a must-read for bibliophiles. The enemies of the book he listed in the book, in addition to water, fire and pests, there are dust, servants, children, bookmakers and others. Obviously, although there are a large number of enemies in the books, the fire has always been the most serious. Therefore, the collection of books and fire Eritreas should be most concerned about the book lover. The destruction of the fire for the collection of books is undoubtedly the greatest doom of books. There is a writer in Hong Kong, Xiao Tong. He is also a collector who likes to collect out-of-print books. There are many out-of-print books he has collected from stalls in Hong Kong’s old bookstores over the years. Not long ago, he was unlucky to be burnt in an accidental fire and healed in the hospital after a period of wounded