The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections (1918)

""Bewildering!"" I exclaimed to myself as I laid down the letter. It was from my publisher, telling me that a third edition of six thousand copies of the ""Amenities"" would go to press shortly (making fifteen thousand in all), and saying that, if there were ""no objections or corrections, it would stand approved as read."" I looked about my little office in which so many (to me) important matters had been decided, and said, as I have so often said, ""It is so ordered. Is it moved we adjourn? All in favor ""; and as the meeting broke up, I reached for my hat and coat and took the next train for New York, there to join my wife in celebrating, as merrily as we could on White Rock, our thirtieth wedding anniversary.