Pay No Attention To The Man Behind

I Can't Give You A Brain, But I Can Give You A Diploma.

Modern Education Includes Morality; Therefore The Modern Child Seeks Only Entertainment In Its Wonder-tales And Gladly Dispenses With All Disagreeable Incident.

Never Question The Truth Of What You Fail To Understand, For The World Is Filled With Wonders.

Everything In Life Is Unusual Until You Become Accustomed To It.

Some Of My Youthful Readers Are Developing Wonderful Imaginations. This Pleases Me. When I Was Young I Longed To Write A Great Novel That Should Win Me Fame. Now That I Am Getting Old My First Book Is Written To Amuse Children. For Aside From My Evident Inability To Do Anything "great," I Have Learned To Regard Fame As A Will-o-the-wisp Which, When Caught, Is Not Worth The Possession; But To Please A Child Is A Sweet And Lovely Thing That Warms One's Heart And Brings Its Own Reward.