An Anthology of personal pleasures, with a commentary chosen and read by ERIC GILLETT
Here is the first of two talks by Eric Gillett , who believes that the man who enjoys books ought to be able to enjoy a prize fight or anything else. He holds the view strongly that a love of good books in the ordinary man will never be fostered by highbrow literary talks ; and there must be thousands who will agree with him.
Gillett was one of the first to give eye-witness accounts on the air of cricket or tennis. He gave several in 1027-the year he went out East. He was appointed to the Johore Professorship of English at Singapore, and broadcast a talk ' Going East' before he left. This brought him an extraordinary mail bag. AH sorts of people wrote to him to wish him luck; a colonel sent him prescriptions for malaria and snake bites.
Since his return to England he has broadcast in ' The Bookshelf series, etc. In his talk this evening he will recount episodes and incidents from comparatively modern humorous stories and books that have made him laugh.