More households are now homes to pets than ever before, which is perhaps not surprising, given the wide-ranging benefits that keeping a pet can bring to our daily lives. Scientific studies have revealed that pets can aid our mental well-being for example, lower our blood pressure and even help children to read. While the increasingly wide range of pets being kept today means that there is literally a pet for everyone, the aim of this guide is

In this short novel from the "Dean of American Letters," a young woman traveling with her aunt and uncle makes the acquaintance of an unusual gentleman from New England. Though at first she is puzzled and perhaps even repelled by his eccentric worldview and personality, she gradually begins to feel drawn toward him.