FACT OF THE DAY:

“On the Reading of Old Books” – an essay that was first published as the preface to a book by his friend Sister Penelope from 1944.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.”

On the Reading of Old Books
(Published originally as a preface to The Incarnation of the Word of God in 1944)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (four words):
“If nothing is certainly right, then of course it follows that ___ ___ ___  ___ .”

TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.

ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION: On February 11, 1949 he recorded what we now know as “The Novels of Charles Williams.” The recording survived and the essay is in On Stories.