The author's most famous work begins after the author notes that he seems to have come down with every disease that they advertise cures for and tells the doctor so.
In one essay, this author discusses the inability of peasants to give directions. In that same work he expounds upon toasting, claiming that should we come close to running out of things to toast to we would even "drink to our mother-in-laws." "On Eating and Drinking" appears in a collection that opens with a page long dedication to the author's longtime friend and truest companion, his pipe. That work is Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow. The author's most famous work begins after the author notes that he seems to have come down with every disease that they advertise cures for and tells the doctor so. His prescription, which he takes along with his friends Harris and George and dog Montemorency, is to go on a boating trip. For ten points, name this 19th century British humorist, whose most famous work is Three Men in a Boat.
In one essay, this author discusses the inability of peasants to give directions.
{Jerome K. Jerome}