This antiquarian volume contains a collection of E. V. Lucas''s writings and short essays on a variety of subjects. These witty and often thought-provoking essays make for fascinating light reading, and will be of considerable interest to fans and collectors of Lucas''s work. The essays contained herein include: ''The Town Week'', ''A Word on Toast'', ''Concerning Breakfast'', ''Footpaths and Walking-Sticks'', ''Birds and their Enemies'', ''The Divine Leaf'', ''School-Hampers and Fireworks'', ''The Poetry of Catalogues'', ''Clothes Old and New'', ''Fires'', ''The Post'', etcetera. Edward Verrall Lucas (1868 - 1938) was a renowned English novelist, playwright, biographer, publisher, poet, and short story writer. We are republishing this vintage volume now in an affordable, modern edition, complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.