{"product_id":"2940013196827","title":"Punch Among The Planets","description":"\"Happy to meet you once more, _Mr. Punch_,\" responded old Edax Rerum,\u003cbr\u003eturning from what the poet calls his 'Optic Tube' to welcome his\u003cbr\u003esprightly visitor. \"Awfully good of you to turn up just now. Like\u003cbr\u003eTrue THOMAS's _Teufelsdröckh_, 'I am alone with the Stars,' and was\u003cbr\u003ebeginning to feel just a little bit lonely.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With the Voces Stellarum to keep you company? You surprise me,\"\u003cbr\u003esaid _Mr. Punch_. \"But what is all this?\" he added, pointing with\u003cbr\u003eaccustomed eye to a pile of MS. at TIME's elbow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf so old a stager as Father TIME _can_ blush, he certainly did so on\u003cbr\u003ethis occasion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fact is, _Mr. Punch_,\" he rejoined, \"I, like younger and shall I\u003cbr\u003esay lesser Celebrities, have been writing my 'Reminiscences.' Ha ha!\u003cbr\u003e_The Chronicles of Chronos_ in 6,000 volumes or so--up to now. This\u003cbr\u003eis a small portion of my _Magnum Opus_. Can you recommend me to a\u003cbr\u003epublisher?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ask my friend Archdeacon FARRAR,\" responded the Sage, drily. \"What\u003cbr\u003ea work! And what a sensation! TALLEYRAND's long-talked-of 'Memoirs'\u003cbr\u003enot in it! Do you know, my dear TIME, I think you had better postpone\u003cbr\u003ethe publication--for an æon or so at least. _Your Magnum Opus_ might\u003cbr\u003ebecome a _Scandalum Magnatum_.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ah, perhaps so,\" replied TIME, with a sigh.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147467112688,"sku":"2940013196827","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013196827_p0.jpg?v=1763578026","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013196827","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}