Amazon.com description: Product Description: In "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow," Jerome K. Jerome shares his uncanny knack for looking at life in the l800's and unknowingly applying it to our life of today. "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" is uproariouly funny, tearfully sad, but always true. Jerome's chapter on dogs and cats is enough to make you roll down the hall. There is nothing here that is an obscurity of a hundred years ago, it's all fresh and invigorating, though there are many strange things, almost forgotten; luminescent memories of aunties and uncles who were old fashioned and gracious, walks in the park and net curtains and butterfly cakes and all those things that have long since passed away. Also not to be overlooked, his dedication in the front is to his friend, his PIPE. "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" contains some of the most poignant and lovely imagery you will ever encounter. Nothing compares to Jerome's evocations of lost days, the gentle ghosts of boys he knew playing in the fields, saucers of milk for beloved pets, the haunted look of infants gazing into the infinite distance on house steps on villages whose names have been consigned to forgetfulness. While profoundly beautiful, "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" is also quite ridiculous in parts, very moving, often quite melancholy, and shows evidence of a very lively, gentle and very compassionate man. This pithy classic is a must in anyone's library for pure joy and insight. If you haven't read it, you are missing out.