The hundred celebrated men and women who have answered Mr.
Leonard Henslowe's questions in Living As We Do (Herbert Joseph. 2s. 6d.), giving the world such details as their age, profession diet, whether they drink or smoke, how many hours they work and sleep, their recreations, and to what their good health—if any—is attributable, seem all to be terrific workers, abstemious, optimistic, moderate in everything. Mr. Bernard Shaw writes, subtly enough, that he works thirty-six hours a day, and never sleeps. As to the centenarians, of whom more than a dozen contribute, their lives have been very various, but the majority claim . . . . that happiness in sonic form has been the cause of their longevity. The author prefaces these intimacies with seven chapters of health notes, which arc sensible if undistinguished. This book is well worth half-a-crown.
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