A household where a total unawareness of the world of ideas not only existed but was regarded as a matter for congratulation.
– Osbert Lancaster
The boredom occasioned by too much restraint is always preferable to that produced by an uncontrolled enthusiasm for a pointless variety.
– Osbert Lancaster
This is primarily a picture-book and the letterpress is intended to do no more than provide a small mass of information leavened by a large dose of personal prejudice.