Daily Dose

From Selected Works of Sacheverell Sitwell

NOW

"Now comes the moment, with a career half over, when the truth is borne in upon me of Pope's remark that 'the proper study of mankind is man,' and I know that I should now address myself more to persons than to things. In view of which I close this book of my old writings, take up my pen, and begin anew."

Close of the Introduction

Daily Dose

From Golden Wall and Mirador: Travels and Observations in Peru, by Sacheverell Sitwell

IN THE YELLOWING LIGHT

" In the yellowing light of that last evening it was a dusty drive to the church of Belen which stands in the low lying part of the town and can be seen from far away upon the terraced platform. An insane asylum, or we could not quite determine if it was that or a hospital for sick prisoners, now occupies the convent buildings, but the rather odd-looking female who is in charge of the church, and refused to accept a present, keeps it scrupulously clean."

From Chapter Six, Cuzco -- Continued

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From The Bridge of the Brocade Sash: Travels and Observations in Japan, by Sacheverell Sitwell

JAPANESE STUDENT

"He spoke good English, an exceedingly rare accomplishment in Japan, and was an admirer of Hemingway a student of English literature which with Japanese students means one name, T. S. Eliot."

From Chapter Five, Kyoto (continued)