http://www.patrickwright.net/2008/02/12/on-peter-flemings-rook-rifle/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:54:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://www.patrickwright.net/2008/02/12/on-peter-flemings-rook-rifle/#comment-950 Paul Perry Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:02:16 +0000 http://www.patrickwright.net/2008/02/12/on-peter-flemings-rook-rifle/#comment-950 I have never used a rifle - whether for food or sport - so I cannot comment on the ideal firearm for the hungry traveller. But I can say this: nobody today can write such letters as these, and nor would any newspaper publish them. I do not know whether to blame the demise of classical education, the rise of television, or something in the water. Whatever the reason, we are the poorer. I have never used a rifle - whether for food or sport - so I cannot comment on the ideal firearm for the hungry traveller.
But I can say this: nobody today can write such letters as these, and nor would any newspaper publish them.
I do not know whether to blame the demise of classical education, the rise of television, or something in the water. Whatever the reason, we are the poorer.

]]> http://www.patrickwright.net/2008/02/12/on-peter-flemings-rook-rifle/#comment-297 Kris Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:53:45 +0000 http://www.patrickwright.net/2008/02/12/on-peter-flemings-rook-rifle/#comment-297 Wonderful stuff. Well done on finding it, and thanks so much for re-publishing it. The Hermit of the Arctic, the naive device of the juvenile truant, and Mr Money-Coutts himself (surely a nom-de-guerre?). Brilliant. Wonderful stuff. Well done on finding it, and thanks so much for re-publishing it. The Hermit of the Arctic, the naive device of the juvenile truant, and Mr Money-Coutts himself (surely a nom-de-guerre?). Brilliant.

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