Download or read book A Mixed Bag Containing Essays on Meaningful Coincidences, Stories and Poems With an Apologia Defending My View Of Literature written by Julian Scutts and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mixed bag? The expression often connotes that something or other has good and less good aspects. But, as they say, variety is the spice of life. Salads and potpourris can be delicious. Once one of my tutors called a paper I had writtem "a salad." I now take that appraisal as a compliment.