Fact / Quote / Quiz: 7/5

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis wrote his preface to the first edition of The Screwtape Letters on this day (7/5) in 1941.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“There are two equal and opposite errors into which can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.”

from Preface to The Screwtape Letters
(Written 7/5/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Two dozens poems by Lewis were published in Punch, but only one essay. That essay came out during the month of July; what was the title?

TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.

ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION: Tolkiend’s The Fellowship of the Ring was published in July, 1954.