Quote of the day
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
Vernon Bartlett

Born: April 30, 1894
Died: January 18, 1983 (aged 88)
Bio: Charles Vernon Oldfield Bartlett was an English journalist, politician and author.
Known for:
- Struggle for Africa (1953)
- Mud and khaki (1917)
- Intermission in Europe (1938)
- The past of pastimes (1969)
- Tuscan Harvest (1971)