A Further Advantage Of Writing For The Fourth Generation Is
that it gives to the diarist a constant awareness of his own period. I often remind myself, when I write my daily diary, that whereas my great-grandson will not care a hoot what......
The Audience Selected Should Be Neither Too Personal Nor Too
impersonal, neither too immediate nor too remote. If the diarist writes for his own children, then assuredly he will be assailed by all manner of taboos, and will hesitate......
Marginal Comment
By HAROLD NICOLSON I T is said, with what truth I know not, that the most frequent of all New Year resolutions is the resolution to keep a diary. It is also said that out of......
The Second Problem Which The Serious Diarist Must...
whether his diary is intended to be private or public. The value of any diary is that it provides an accurate record of the experi- ences of an individual within a given......
And, Finally, A Diary Is A Valuable Waste-paper-basket...
to discard one's own affectations. In my own diary I invent words and coin phrases which I should not dare to employ in public, and which I am glad to feel will puzzle my great-......
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