The Gentlewoman’s Book of Sports

“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 […]

“Directly you are in motion you will feel quite helpless, and experience a sensation of being run away with, and it will seem as if the machine were trying to throw you off” Cycling: The Craze of the Hour is part of ‘Found on the Shelves’, published with The London Library. The books in this […]

“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 […]

“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 […]