Weaver, Lawrence, 1876-1930 · London, Offices of "Country life", ltd. [etc.]; New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 188
ain imaginings of those folk whowant to warm us and to cook for us wholly by electricity,or in some other ingenious fashion, and speak urgently ofthe wickedness of open fires. For radiators and otherauxiliaries in a great cause one may have a respectful affec-tion, and yet believe, with Henry… … 130.—Forecourt Wall and 1906 Wing from East. 182 George Gissing on Open Fires with wicked wastefulness. I am sorry for it, but I cannoton that account make cheerless perhaps the last winter ofmy life. . . . Use common sense, by all means, in theconstruction of grates ; that more than one-half the…
