tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post108307913995202461..comments2024-03-28T13:18:28.238+00:00Comments on Grumpy Old Bookman: Eothen and Mr KinglakeMichael Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11338398159818400930noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-75053940240308033582007-07-10T18:26:00.000+01:002007-07-10T18:26:00.000+01:00I too have recently started reading Eothen - for t...I too have recently started reading Eothen - for the first time (a Paisley Grammar School prize my grandfather was awarded in 1902!) and am really enjoying it.<BR/><BR/>On another note, as a Scot exiled in England I would remind you of part of a verse by Oscar Wilde - <BR/>". . . and the English, who consider themselves a race of self-made men, thereby relieving the almighty of a terrible burden."<BR/><BR/>Yours truly,<BR/><BR/>Douglas Crawford<BR/>douglas.crawford@hotmail.co.ukAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com