Books Fatal to Their Authors (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781515010036)

To record the woes of authors and to discourse de libris fatalibus seems deliberately to court the displeasure of that fickle mistress who presides over the destinies of writers and their works. Fortune awaits the aspiring scribe with many wiles, and oft treats him sorely. If she enrich any, it is but to make them subject of her sport. If she raise others, it is but to pleasure herself with their ruins. What she adorned but yesterday is to-day her pastime, and if we now permit her to adorn and crown us, we must to-morrow suffer her to crush and tear us to pieces.

Author: P. H. Ditchfield
ISBN-10: 1515010031
ISBN-13: 9781515010036
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/09/2015
Pages: 126
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d