A well-known biblical writer complained several millenia back that there was no end to the making of books. Lord knows what he would have said had he lived into the post-Gutenberg era. And there is also no doubt that there is no end in sight to the making of lists of books. Every few years a list is compiled of the “Best Books” of some period or subject. Some of these lists achieve distinction and permanence, such as the Grolier Club's list of “One Hundred Books Famous in English Literature,” published in 1903 and still a guide to the foundation of a gentleman's library. More recently, Cyril Connolly, the late critic of modern literature, published a list entitled “The Modern Movement,” which also contains 100 books he believed to be the touch-Stones of modern literature. This list, still in its infancy, has already become another classic guide.