"A good volume of essays is a collection of aesthetically delightful and prismatically informative prose pieces, each short enough to be read at a sitting. There aren't many such volumes these days, which is a pity. Jacobs's Wayfaring is one: it exhibits wit, learning, and an ear for the language, and it will give you new loves while deepening those you already have. Do yourself a favor: buy and read."
-- Paul J. Griffiths
Duke Divinity School
author of Intellectual Appetite

"These essays enthrall, enlighten, ennoble, and entertain. There is nothing unpleasant here, so never mind the title. All of these essays are gems, nothing but delight for mind and soul -- and body, too, if one takes into account the therapeutic value of laughter and sheer delight."
-- Carlos Eire
Yale University
author of A Very Brief History of Eternity and Waiting for Snow in Havana