“Scott saw its ludicrous proportions; and it is likely that posterity will remember the Pictish question in the discussion between Monkbarns and Sir Arthur Wardour after the volumes of Whitaker, Goodall, Pinkerton, Chalmers, Ritter, and Grant have been long entombed in their proper shelves.” Walter ScottPictsAntiquarianismJonathan OldbuckThe Antiquary Author:John Hill Burton
“It is difficult, almost impossible, to find the book from which something either valuable or amusing may not be found, if the proper alembic be applied.” IfsMayBookFoundDifficultImpossibleLoversValuableAmusingBook Lover Book:The Book-hunter, Etc Source: The Book-hunter, Etc