Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Edgar Saltus

Born: October 8, 1855
Died: July 31, 1921 (aged 65)
Bio: Edgar Evertson Saltus was an American writer known for his highly refined prose style. His works paralleled those by European decadent authors such as Joris-Karl Huysmans and Oscar Wilde.
Known for:
- The philosophy of disenchantment (1885)
- Anatomy of Negation (1886)
- HISTORIA AMORIS (1906)
- The Paliser Case (1919)
- Lords of the Ghostland (1907)