I am no authority on modern literature; but I must confess that I was astonished at the change that a few years have brought about.

I was in a proper position for noticing it, having been practically without books for two years." "Is it a change for the better, do you think, Mr.Courtland ?" "I feel certain that it is for the better.

I refer, of course, only to the books of those real investigators--real artists.

I refer to the fountain-heads, not to the hydrants laid down by the water companies at the end of about ten miles of foul piping.

I don't like the product of the hydrants.