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"""These essays have such charm and perfection of style that reading them gives me a greater sense of well-being than the pills I occasionally take for my back. And that is powerful medicine.""- Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe ""... a graceful and gracious observer of the human condition."" - Wilson Quarterly ""His essays are sharp, witty, and sure to bring you a smile."" - Good Times ""I had thought to begin [this review] with a quotation, but in thumbing through this book to select one, I got trapped for 45 minutes and forgot my purpose entirely. You will just have to buy the book... Highly recommended."" - The American Cottage Gardener "" ... will give more lasting pleasure than anything currently on the nonfiction bestseller list... This is a wonderful book, made even more so by the pen-and-ink drawings of Mitchell's longtime illustrator, artist Susan Davis.""- Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World ""Now ... I can have my Mitchell seven days a week and twice on Sundays without fussing (all-thumbs Mitchell fashion) with microfiche reels."" - Indianapolis Star ""This is a stimulating collection of essays by a man who had something to say and knew how to say it well."" - Library Journal "" ... superb ... acute observations by a writer whose sharp eye and grace with words are a blessing to those fortunate enough to read them."" - Publishers Weekly ""This man's place in the wilder, more creative confines of journalism is secure. This man's voice will never die. This man's voice will resound forever."" - Benjamin Bradlee, The Washington Post ""A jubilation of a book to be read, reread and reread."" - Thomas Lovejoy, Smithsonian Institution"

""These essays have such charm and perfection of style that reading them gives me a greater sense of well-being than the pills I occasionally take for my back. And that is powerful medicine.""- Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe ""... a graceful and gracious observer of the human condition."" - Wilson Quarterly ""His essays are sharp, witty, and sure to bring you a smile."" - Good Times ""I had thought to begin [this review] with a quotation, but in thumbing through this book to select one, I got trapped for 45 minutes and forgot my purpose entirely. You will just have to buy the book... Highly recommended."" - The American Cottage Gardener "" ... will give more lasting pleasure than anything currently on the nonfiction bestseller list... This is a wonderful book, made even more so by the pen-and-ink drawings of Mitchell's longtime illustrator, artist Susan Davis.""- Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World ""Now ... I can have my Mitchell seven days a week and twice on Sundays without fussing (all-thumbs Mitchell fashion) with microfiche reels."" - Indianapolis Star ""This is a stimulating collection of essays by a man who had something to say and knew how to say it well."" - Library Journal "" ... superb ... acute observations by a writer whose sharp eye and grace with words are a blessing to those fortunate enough to read them."" - Publishers Weekly ""This man's place in the wilder, more creative confines of journalism is secure. This man's voice will never die. This man's voice will resound forever."" - Benjamin Bradlee, The Washington Post ""A jubilation of a book to be read, reread and reread."" - Thomas Lovejoy, Smithsonian Institution

These essays have such charm and perfection of style that reading them gives me a greater sense of well-being than the pills I occasionally take for my back. And that is powerful medicine. - Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe ... a graceful and gracious observer of the human condition. - Wilson Quarterly His essays are sharp, witty, and sure to bring you a smile. - Good Times I had thought to begin [this review] with a quotation, but in thumbing through this book to select one, I got trapped for 45 minutes and forgot my purpose entirely. You will just have to buy the book... Highly recommended. - The American Cottage Gardener ... will give more lasting pleasure than anything currently on the nonfiction bestseller list... This is a wonderful book, made even more so by the pen-and-ink drawings of Mitchell's longtime illustrator, artist Susan Davis. - Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World Now ... I can have my Mitchell seven days a week and twice on Sundays without fussing (all-thumbs Mitchell fashion) with microfiche reels. - Indianapolis Star This is a stimulating collection of essays by a man who had something to say and knew how to say it well. - Library Journal ... superb ... acute observations by a writer whose sharp eye and grace with words are a blessing to those fortunate enough to read them. - Publishers Weekly This man's place in the wilder, more creative confines of journalism is secure. This man's voice will never die. This man's voice will resound forever. - Benjamin Bradlee, The Washington Post A jubilation of a book to be read, reread and reread. - Thomas Lovejoy, Smithsonian Institution

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Henry Mitchell, who died in 1993, was a long–time columnist for the Washington Post and the author of two famous gardening books, The Essential Earthman and One Man's Garden.

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