Milady in Brown 1905 . in obtaining books, and a hundred years ago many of the most charming productions—. Scott, Thackeray, Dickens, and Bulwer Lytton—were unwritten, not to mention the delightful productionsof the present living authors. There is absolutely no limit to the opportunities of the present day, and letsnot be forced to admit, with Sir Henry Taylor, in after years, that the retrospect of life swarms with lost oppor-tunities. We should grasp every opportunity now that we are standing face to face with the grim realities of life. Richard de Bury, bishop of Durham, author of Philobib
Milady in Brown 1905 . in obtaining books, and a hundred years ago many of the most charming productions—. Scott, Thackeray, Dickens, and Bulwer Lytton—were unwritten, not to mention the delightful productionsof the present living authors. There is absolutely no limit to the opportunities of the present day, and letsnot be forced to admit, with Sir Henry Taylor, in after years, that the retrospect of life swarms with lost oppor-tunities. We should grasp every opportunity now that we are standing face to face with the grim realities of life. Richard de Bury, bishop of Durham, author of Philobiblon, the earliest English treaty on the delights ofliterature, says: Books are masters who instruct us without rods and without anger. If we approach themthey are not asleep; if investigating we interrogate them, they conceal nothing; if we mistake them, they nevergrumble; if we display ignorance, they never laugh. Indeed, books are charming friends. They dispel caresand produce the most delightful exhilaration. They are companionable in solitude, in happiness, in sorrow,and in sickness. They open u
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