It gradually dawned upon me that there was no one more difficult to please than my mother.

It gradually dawned upon me that there was no one more difficult to please than my mother.

The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster.

The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity.

Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods.

Being gifted needs courage.

I was a town child, it is true, but that did not prevent me enjoying open-air life, with plants and animals.