Publishers of course have you altogether in their grip; if they say you must do a thing you have jolly well got to do it.

It was a book to kill time for those who liked it better dead.

Publishers of course have you altogether in their grip; if they say you must do a thing you have jolly well got to do it.

I can think of few things more disastrous than starting a new correspondence with any one. Letters are a burden indeed ... they seem often the last straw that breaks the back ... you should see the piles of those that I must answer that litter and weight my writing table.

Here is one of the points about this planet which should be remembered; into every penetrable corner of it, and into most of the impenetrable corners, the English will penetrate. They are like that; born invaders. They cannot stay at home.

The great and recurrent question about Abroad is, is it worth the trouble of getting there?

Another sad comestive truth is that the best foods are the products of infinite and wearying trouble. The trouble need not be taken by the consumer, but someone, ever since the Fall, has had to take it.