Excerpt from All Manner of Folk: Interpretations and Studies Of swallows or the differential calculus, and even, perhaps, these also, are about persons. The best books are about one person - the author. I have yet to meet the writer, or any kind of artist, who has other interests. The test of an artist lies in his power of attracting attention to himself, for by doing so he aids others in the same pleasant occupation in reference to themselves. Most people will deny this. They prefer to assert their interest in things, in ideas, in persons, men, women and children, races and castes, and, whilst such an assertion is far from being un true, it is not the whole truth. It is a kind of truth - possibly the truth that passeth understanding and I am not one to deny that it is a very good kind of truth, meet for dwellers. On the edge of mystery, fair currency for those who have no desire to Spend themselves in argument. But behind the truth that passeth understanding (which is an impossible proposition, for no one can get behind it) argumenta tive persons might, for purposes of discussion, affix labels, as it were, indicating starting points and directions for more argument. (let us remember. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.