When Caroline Walker fell in love with Julian English she was a little tired of him. That was in the summer of 1926, one of the most unimportant years in the history of the United States, and the year in which Caroline Walker was sure her life had reached a pinnacle of uselessness.

Book reviewers are little old ladies of both sexes.

I can get very depressed by a review that is unfair, unreasonable, and totally destructive.

When Caroline Walker fell in love with Julian English she was a little tired of him. That was in the summer of 1926, one of the most unimportant years in the history of the United States, and the year in which Caroline Walker was sure her life had reached a pinnacle of uselessness.

So who's perfect? ... Washington had false teeth. Franklin was nearsighted. Mussolini had syphilis. Unpleasant things have been said about Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde. Tchaikovsky had his problems, too. And Lincoln was constipated.

Illinois is a state of suspended animation and the people live in hibernation from Oct. to whenever it ever gets warmer.

In every marriage the wife has to keep her mouth shut about at least one small thing her husband does that disgusts her.