Devlady of Crestline Hill

Book Reviews

Introduction to this book

Keepers can be books, too. This book was written more than fifty years ago, shortly after the end of World War II. There was much to be done and everyone was busy. Today we have computers, jobs, natural disasters that require immense re-building on both sides of the globe. There is much to be done and everyone is busy. We need this book to remind us that there is a "cult of work" and the god it promotes can be false.

Selected quotes from this book are below.

It is available online from Amazon.com but not with this charming cover.

Leisure is a mental and spiritual attitude--it is not the inevitable result of external factors, it is not the inevitable result of spare time, a holiday, a week-end or a vacation. It is an attitude of the mind, a condition of the soul, and as such utterly contrary to the ideal of "worker."

A break in one's work, whether of an hour, a day or a week, is still part of the world of work. It is a link in the chain of utilitarian functions.

Leisure is an altogether different matter; it is no longer on the same plane; it runs at right angles to work."

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Do the best you can because I love you --Mom