On Reading, Writing and Living with Books

“If you give anything to a Norwegian (old meat tins are always thankfully received), he will give your hand a silent grip more expressive than many words” The Lure of the North is part of ‘Found on the Shelves’, published with The London Library. The books in this series have been chosen to give a […]

“Oh! that the faculty would look deeper into and make themselves better acquainted with the crying evil of obesity – that dreadful tormenting parasite on health and comfort” On Corpulence: Feeding the Body and Feeding the Mind is part of ‘Found on the Shelves’, published with The London Library. The books in this series have […]

“One would hear considerably less of hysteria, of morphine-mania, and of other regrettable characteristics of fin-de-siecle existence, if women were to take to fencing as one of the regular occupations of their day” The Gentlewoman’s Book of Sports is part of ‘Found on the Shelves’, published with The London Library. The books in this series […]

“Every age has its own special difficulties and dangers. The disease which specially threatens this generation is restlessness, distraction, dissipation of intellectual and moral power. Its consequence is exhaustion and nervous collapse. And its symptom is Hurry” Life in a Bustle: Advice to Youth is part of ‘Found on the Shelves’, published with The London […]