I remember, in the catalogue, being impressed by the title, "The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle." I filled an application blank and the librarian handed me the collected and entirely unexpurgated works of Smollett in one huge volume.

I read everything, but principally history and adventure, and all the old travels and voyages.

I read mornings, afternoons, and nights.

I read in bed, I read at table, I read as I walked to and from school, and I read at recess while the other boys were playing.

I began to get the "jerks." To everybody I replied: "Go away.