CHAPTER I
It had occurred to her early that in her position--that of a young
person spending, in framed and wired confinement, the life of a
guinea-pig or a magpie--she should know...
by ARTHUR RANSOME
TO WILLIAM PETERS OF ABERDEEN
INTRODUCTION
THE characteristic of a revolutionary country is that change is a
quicker process there than elsewhere. As the revolu...
by L. Frank Baum "Royal Historian of Oz"
To My Readers
Curiously enough, in the events which have taken place in the last few
years in our "great outside world," we may find incide...
Jonathan Swift
PREDICTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1708
Wherein the month, and day of the month are set down, the persons named,
and the great actions and events of next year particularly r...