Universal Neurasthenia or the House of Rest (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Universal Neurasthenia or the House of Rest Elizabeth (escaped from the German Garden). Milicent (sprung from the House of Mirth). Juliette (run away from Bernard Shaw). Tony (too hard for Harding Davis). Mark Stone (a wielder of Edged Tools in the Jungle). Etheldred Ranisty (one of Mrs. Humphrey's Wards - come of age.) Dr. Wheat-1-Eat (Return to Nature!) Scene - a garden. Sign on tree, - House of Rest, Dr. Wheat-I-Eat. (Enter Dr. W., right, carrying letters, a target, pistol, book, basket of stockings, trowel and weed basket. Sets target stage left at back, lays pistol on ground near it, sets basket on steamer chair left centre, front, lays trowel and weed basket right front beside flower bed, muttering.) Dr. W. - "Plenty of fresh air - nothing like fresh air for exhausted nerves! Don't wonder they are exhausted! Simply worked to death, harping on one string. Great mercy the public got nervous prostration too from reading about them, gives the poor creatures a chance to relax! Whole world forbidden to read novels! Great, great! And these poor overdone types returning to nature! Well, well, it's a great work." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.