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                           LIFE

                           AND

                        LITERATURE


                      [Illustration]


                OVER TWO THOUSAND EXTRACTS
             FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN WRITERS,
                      AND CLASSIFIED
                  IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER


                            BY

                  J. PURVER RICHARDSON.


                      COPYRIGHT 1910
                 BY J. PURVER RICHARDSON


                         PRESS OF
                    BROWN-MORRISON CO.
                      LYNCHBURG, VA.




PREFACE


Good sir, or madam, whosoever thou mayest be, to whom this volume shall
come, cast it not aside, but read it. Its quaint, curious, and helpful
selections have been gathered through many years of careful research on
both sides of the Atlantic. They will make thee wiser and better, and
will conduce to the growth of thy mind, and the health of thy body. Let
this book be to thee a magazine of literary food, of which thou shalt
partake, and which thou shalt assimilate and digest to the constant
increase of thy well being.

The gathering of this bouquet of literary gems has been a work of
pleasure, but the compiler shall say nothing of himself for, "the least
that one can say of himself is still too much."




                        DEDICATED

                      AFFECTIONATELY

                            TO

                       MY CHILDREN

                JOHN PURVER AND ANNIE SUE,

                           AND

     "_To mine own People: meaning those within
      The magic ring of home--my kith and kin;_

      _And those with whom my soul delights to dwell--
      Who walk with me as friends, and wish me well;_

      _And lastly, those--a large unnumbered band,
      Unknown to me--who read and understand._"




CONTENTS


                                              PAGE
     PREFACE                                     3
     Letter A                                    7
     Letter B                                   27
     Letter C                                   46
     Letter D                                   99
     Letter E                                  112
     Letter F                                  119
     Letter G                                  148
     Letter H                                  168
     Letter I                                  199
     Letter J                                  210
     Letter K                                  213
     Letter L                                  220
     Letter M                                  248
     Letter N                                  295
     Letter O                                  300
     Letter P                                  306
     Letter Q                                  332
     Letter R                                  333
     Letter S                                  344
     Letter T                                  379
     Letter U                                  399
     Letter V                                  400
     Letter W                                  402
     Letter Y                                  433
     Letter Z                                  435
     INDEX                                     437




LIFE AND LITERATURE




A


1

_Abilities_--No man's abilities are so remarkably shining, as not to
stand in need of a proper opportunity, a patron, and even the praises of
a friend, to recommend them to the notice of the world.

                                                  --_Pliny._


2

     Absence, with all its pains,
     Is by this charming moment wip'd away.


3

Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.

                                               --_Goodrich._


4

