Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 24
... everything - good , bad , or indifferent , which came to hand " . " I have the habit , " she said , " of running over almost every book of any note that is published . " And " I could sit up all night , drinking tea , like Dr Johnson ...
... everything - good , bad , or indifferent , which came to hand " . " I have the habit , " she said , " of running over almost every book of any note that is published . " And " I could sit up all night , drinking tea , like Dr Johnson ...
Page 99
... everything turns upon perspective . The writer who is smart one year is vieux jeu the next . At first he is something novel ; in twelve months somebody still newer has ousted him ; he sinks either to popularity or to neglect . After a ...
... everything turns upon perspective . The writer who is smart one year is vieux jeu the next . At first he is something novel ; in twelve months somebody still newer has ousted him ; he sinks either to popularity or to neglect . After a ...
Page 141
... everything I could , including classics . As a parent I respect inde- pendence too much to impose adult taste upon any child ; and , as far as I can judge , the most lamentable of new books are no worse than what I read as a boy ...
... everything I could , including classics . As a parent I respect inde- pendence too much to impose adult taste upon any child ; and , as far as I can judge , the most lamentable of new books are no worse than what I read as a boy ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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