"Do not adjust your sandals while passing through a melon-field, nor yet arrange your hat beneath an orange-tree."
About Ernest Bramah
Ernest Brammah Smith, who wrote under the pseudonym of Ernest Bramah, was an English author. He published 21 books and numerous short stories and features. His humorous works were often ranked with Jerome K.
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