![Cover of "Love & Friendship"](https://paulelder.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Love-Friendship-cover-205x300.jpg)
If one had to choose a prototypical Paul Elder gift title, elegant yet undemanding of the reader, Lillyan Shaffner’s Love & Friendship (1910) would be a perfect choice. Indeed, I have many Elders inscribed, for example, “to Miss Hopkins, from Charles Johnson.” How better to court the lady of your dreams but with a lovely little booklet that can be read in a single evening?
Perhaps that is the biggest reason that Paul Elder printed so many volumes of aphorisms and quotations. As has been noted in previous posts, Elder had quite a fondness for them, and compiled and edited many collections himself.
![Frontispiece and title page of "Love & Friendship"](https://paulelder.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Love-Friendship-title-300x222.jpg)
The wraparound decorations are by Harold Sichel, one of Elder’s favorite artists; his HS monogram appears at the bottom of the page. The typography and two-color design are by the exacting printer John Henry Nash. Love & Friendship is one of many booklets that came in matching envelopes, such as the one pictured below.
![Pages 4-5 of "Love & Friendship"](https://paulelder.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Love-Friendship-p04-300x225.jpg)
I have been unable to locate any information on the author, Lillyan Shaffner.
![Matching envelope for "Love & Friendship"](https://paulelder.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Love-Friendship-envelope-300x194.jpg)