And how they both reveled in books and their contents on the occasions when they were alone and unhampered by the unsympathetic minds of others.
"As you see, Dorian," said Uncle Zed on one such Sunday evening, "my collection of books is not large, but they are such that I can read and read again." "Where is your 'Drummond's Natural Law' ?" asked Dorian.
Uncle Zed looked about.

"I was reading it this morning.

There it is on the window." Dorian fetched him the volume.
"When I read Drummond's work," continued the old man, "I feel keener than ever my lack of scientific knowledge.

I have always had a desire to delve into nature's laws through the doors of botany, zoology, mineralogy, chemistry, and all the other sciences.

I have obtained a smattering only through my reading.