Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Francis Burnand
Born: November 29, 1836
Died: April 21, 1917 (aged 80)
Bio: Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, usually known as F. C. Burnand, was an English comic writer and prolific playwright, best known today as the librettist of Arthur Sullivan's opera Cox and Box.
Known for:
- Happy Thoughts (1868)
- Happy-Thought Hall (1872)
- The Catholic Who's Who and Yearbook
- More Happy Thoughts, Etc. Etc. (1871)
- The Real Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1882)