Originally published in 1913. Contents Include: The Pension of the Patchwork Quilt - The Mouse-Trap, Henrietta Street - The Wonderful City - Bellwattle and the Laws of God - Realism - The Sabbath - Bellwattle and the Laws of Nature - May Eve - The Flower Beautiful - The Feminine Appreciation of Mathematics - The Maternal Instinct - From my Portfolio - An Old String Bonnet - The New Malady - Bellwattle and the Dignity of Men - The Night the Pope Died - Art - The Value of Idleness - The Spirit of Competition - Bellwattle on the Higher Mathematics - The Mystery of the Vote - Ship's Logs
Ernest Charles Temple Thurston was a British poet, playwright and author.
Thurston wrote a total of forty books, from which seventeen motion pictures were made. In addition, he authored several theatrical plays, three of which were performed on Broadway and four of which were made into motion pictures.