A Cat Is Only Technically An Animal,

Mr. Shaw Came For A Short Time Recently To Be Regarded Less As An Author Than As An Incident In The European War. In The Opinion Of Many People It Seemed As If The Allies Were Fighting Against A Combination Composed Of Germany, Austria-hungary, Turkey, And Mr. Shaw.

Jane Austen Has Often Been Praised As A Natural Historian. She Is A Naturalist Among Tame Animals. She Does Not Study Men (as Dostoevsky Does) In His Wild State Before He Has Been Domesticated. Her Men And Women Are Essentially Men And Women Of The Fireside.

It May Be That All Games Are Silly. But Then, So Are Humans.

In Order To See Birds It Is Necessary To Become A Part Of The Silence.

On The Whole, However, The Critic Is Far Less Of A Professional Faultfinder Than Is Sometimes Imagined. He Is First Of All A Virtue-finder, A Singer Of Praise. He Is Not Concerned With Getting Rid Of Dross Except In So Far As It Hides The Gold. In Other Words, The Destructive Side Of Criticism Is Purely A Subsidiary Affair. None Of The Best Critics Have Been Men Of Destructive Minds. They Are Like Gardeners Whose Business Is More With The Flowers Than With The Weeds.