{"product_id":"2940011928048","title":"The Smoker's Year Book","description":"Verse and Illustrations:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow Time the harvester surveys\u003cbr\u003eHis sorry crops of yesterdays;\u003cbr\u003eOf trampled hopes and reaped regrets,\u003cbr\u003eAnd for another harvest whets\u003cbr\u003eHis ancient scythe, eying the while\u003cbr\u003eThe budding year with cynic smile.\u003cbr\u003eWell, let him smile; in snug retreat\u003cbr\u003eI fill my pipe with honeyed sweet,\u003cbr\u003eWhose incense wafted from the bowl\u003cbr\u003eShall make warm sunshine in my soul,\u003cbr\u003eAnd conjure mid the fragrant haze\u003cbr\u003eFair memories of other days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOliver Herford (1863 - 1935) was a British born American writer, artist and illustrator who has been called \"The American Oscar Wilde\".[citation needed] As a frequent contributor to The Mentor, Life, and Ladies' Home Journal, he sometimes signed his artwork as \"O Herford\". In 1906 he wrote and illustrated the \"Little Book of Bores\". He also wrote short poems like \"The Chimpanzee\" and \"The Hen\", as well as writing and illustrating \"The Rubaiyat of a Persian Kitten\" (1904) and \"Excuse It Please\" (1930). His sister Beatrice Herford was also a humorist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEthel Mumford and Addison Mizner wrote a small book The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1903 as a Christmas present and added Herford's name as an author as a joke. The printer made up more copies to sell and to everyone's surprise it was an astounding success. When Herford found out about it he wanted 90% of the royalties. He was awarded an equal third ---From Wikipedia","brand":"WHITE DOG PUBLISHING","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068273672432,"sku":"2940011928048","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011928048_p0.jpg?v=1763551491","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011928048","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}