Journal of Small Things

Helen Mackay's "Journal of Small Things," possesses the subtle charm of the diary in its highest form. Something of the intimate mood inspiring this record is expressed in the opening lines: "I have so strange a feeling, a sense of its being the end of things. The end of-I don't know what. I want to make note of things, not of the great things that are happening, but of the little things. I want to feel especially all the little everyday dear accustomed things, to take hold of the moods of ...