Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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)