id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 33148 Various My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. .txt text/plain 77121 4201 78 went on, 'that he who can write a great book is greater than a king; When--to anticipate a little--the time came for publishing it, we were think I could read a sea book published by him. The story of my first book is a good deal mixed, and, like many other times since that day the publishing house I speak of has come to me with publish either--good day,' he said, and I went out. hour I wrote short stories and little things that I fancied were funny, and I well remember writing 'The Old Arm Chair' in a penny account book, day to this I have lived by making story-books for young folk. 'To the literary man, all life is a book. wrote stories most of the time, during a large part of my working hours time went on, and really my book seemed as far from publication as ever. ./cache/33148.txt ./txt/33148.txt