Of my OLD tendency to overdo the dedication and deface the title page with florid compliments and obscure quotes which the recipient cannot read, I will say only that I LEARNT my lesson when I had to shell out with my own money for a hardback I'd vandalised and now LIMIT myself to 'Good wishes.'
Read MoreWriting for the PAGE is only one form of writing for the EYE. Wherever solemn inscriptions are put up in public places, there is a sense that the site and the occasion DEMAND a form of writing which GOES beyond plain informative PROSE. Each word is so valued that the letters forming it are seen as objects of solemn beauty.
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