"... the discoveries, rich and romantic and utterly unexpected as they were, have given the North-West a world-wide ad…"

"The spirit of the work of Hippocrates and his disciples, perhaps the noblest manifestation of the Greek concept of ma…"

"Athens became the capital of , the clearing-house of religions and moral ideas, whatever their source."

"In an age when the worst of sinners implicitly accepted the teaching of the , what we now regard as "honest doubt" wa…"

"... On several occasions I have seen a cuckoo mobbed by small birds, and it would be pleasant to think it was done as…"

"There is no greater literary sin than the omission of an Index, and, if I had my way, even novels would be provided w…"

"Whenever a , or, for that matter, any indoor diversion, becomes too serious and scientific for the average mind it so…"

"... Married people are in a position to make the closest study of one another's predilections, yet it is well known t…"

"Fairies are very shy creatures and prefer to keep themselves hidden from human eyes"

"If you look very carefully, you may see a fairy in your garden"