Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Henry Beston

Born: June 1, 1888
Died: April 15, 1968 (aged 79)
Bio: Henry Beston was an American writer and naturalist, best known as the author of The Outermost House, written in 1928.
Known for:
- The Outermost House (1928)
- Northern Farm
- The Firelight Fairy Book (1919)
- Herbs and the Earth (1935)
- The Best of Beston