And with one broadside
Make his old Adversary
Turn tail.
When George Haven Putnam said, “The chief business of the True Publisher is to discourage the publication of books,” he made a strong bid for immortality. The mot deserves to rank with Tallyrand’s concerning the gift of language.
In a recent issue of Harper’s, “the pastor of Mt. Clemens” has something to say. And who would ha’ thought Mark Twain had a pastor?
Any writer who poses before the country as being the winner of A Big Prize is no longer like Caezar’s wife.
Little Journeys