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Astonishing in its modern bitchiness about the busy man lolling around on his purple couch surrounded by the clatter of dishes and shivering servants. I love Chapter 3 of the First Book: "Whence now come those strange and absurd fashions of costume [...]? A garment which one day reaches to the ground and the next exposes more than is decent."

This is a lovely book. I have the 1924 copy from the Los Angeles Library, deckle-edged, yellowed, and foxed. I can't believe it's still in circulation. I want to steal it.