Beware! the fever called "Spring Clean" is on, and unless you stand firm, you will rue it.
Go away, if the Fates so will, but take the key of your own domain with you.
Do not misunderstand.

Not for a moment would I advocate dust and dirt; they are enemies, and should be routed; but let the necessary routing be done under your own eye.

Explain where caution must be used, and in what cases tenderness is a virtue; and if one Eve in the family can be indoctrinated with book-reverence you are a happy man; her price is above that of rubies; she will prolong your life.

Books MUST now and then be taken clean out of their shelves, but they should be tended lovingly and with judgment.

If the dusting can be done just outside the room so much the better.