Scattered throughout his writings from 1887 onward were paragraphs, ballads, and jests, praising, berating, and "joshing" the maniac crew who held that "binding's the surest test," and who bought books, as some would-be connoisseurs do wine, by the label.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
Again he was berating himself for bothering his mind over trivial things.
"The Gray Phantom's Return"
Herman Landon
He was almost as uneasy as the storm itself; alternately berating himself for a "fool," and speculating upon the deacon's management of affairs at the barn.
"The Brass Bound Box"
Evelyn Raymond