Norwich.
"Homo Unius Libri" (Vol. viii., p. 569.).—D'Israeli devotes a chapter, in the second series of his
Curiosities of Literature, to "The Man of One Book." He says:
"A predilection for some great author, among the vast number which must transiently occupy our attention, seems to be the happiest preservative for our taste ... He who has long been intimate with one great author will always be found a formidable antagonist.... The old Latin proverb reminds us of this fact, Cave ab homine unius libri, Be cautious of the man of one book."
and he proceeds to remark, that "every great writer appears to have a predilection for some favourite author," and illustrates it by examples.
Eirionnach.
Muffs worn by Gentlemen (Vol. viii., p. 353.).—In the amusing quarrel between Goldsmith's old friend and his cousin in St. James's Park, "Cousin Jeffrey," says Miss, "I knew we should have the eyes of the Park upon us, with your great wig so frizzled and yet so beggarly." "I could," adds Mr. Jeffrey, "have patiently borne a criticism on all the rest of my equipage; but I had always a peculiar veneration for my muff." (Essays, p. 263., edit. 1819.)
Mackenzie Walcott, M.A.