Yesterday Jane and I went on a date; and we went to downtown Glendale, where, as it happens, two used bookstores were having 20%-off sales. I found some delightful finds, including books of photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Eugene Atget, and a collection of photos of the Old West by a variety of early photographers from E.C. Watkins to Timothy O’Sullivan to Adam Clark Vroman, Pastoral by Nevil Shute, and a book by early 20th-century humorist Stephen Leacock entitled Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy. I got the latter on the recommendation of a fellow named Chuck Jones; he speaks highly of Leacock in his book Chuck Amuck, which is damn-fine credentials in my book. Reviews will follow!