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(There is said to be a steady demand for "bedbooks" / in England. There are readers who find in Gibbon a / sedative for tired nerves; there are others who enjoy / Trollope's quiet humour. Some people find in Henry / James's tangled syntax the restful diversion they seek, / and others enjoy Mr. Howells's unexciting realism. / -- _The Sun_.)
How sleep the brave who sink to rest, / Lulled by the waves of dreamy diction, / Like that appearing in the best / Of modern fiction!