The spoutings of a large whale can be seen from a great distance.

Cold calling at two or three favourite bookstores usually sorts out distribution. And word of mouth, which nowadays includes whisper networks like Facebook, helps spread the good news.

When we moved house, the children helped out by packing their toys.

Walden Common is, we think, well situated, because it is not a nooking in some particular road, but it is the way,—the royal highway,—to various places.