"That," said Caiaphas, "is why this book that I am introducing to your
notice is not a book that you can afford to be without. _Right Here_ is
indispensable for the writing man; it is no ordinary encyclopaedia, or I
should not trouble to show it to you. It is an inexhaustible mine of
concise information--"
"On a shelf at my elbow," said the author, "I have a row of reference
books that supply me with all the information I am likely to require."
"Here," persisted the would-be salesman, "you have it all in one compact
volume. No matter what the subject may be which you wish to look up, or
the fact you desire to verify, _Right Here_ gives you all that you want
to know in the briefest and most enlightening form. Historical
reference, for instance; career of John Huss, let us say. Here we are:
'Huss, John, celebrated religious reformer. Born 1369, burned at
Constance 1415. The Emperor Sigismund universally blamed.'"
"If he had been burnt in these days every one would have suspected the
Suffragettes," observed Mellowkent.
"Poultry-keeping, now," resumed Caiaphas, "that's a subject that might
crop up in a novel dealing with English country life.
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