Summary J.C. Squire is British poet, critic and a well-known humorous writer. He selects unusual topics and turns them in ridiculous situation to create humor. “On Destroying Books” deals with a simple problem but he presents it in such a beautiful way that it holds the reader in suspense till the end of the story. In this essay, tea writer has told us about his adventure of throwing away the unwanted collection of books. Mr. Squire beings his story concerning news published in a daily. According to it about two million books were presented to the soldiers. Most of them were ordinary and quite book and old magazines. The writer suggests that lose their charm gradually. These books must be destroyed to make room for new ones. The writer does not consider it an easy task because these do not have as many lives as a cat and they die-hard. ...
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