Patrins

Patrins: To Which is Added an Inquirendo Into the Wit by Louis Imogen Guiney is a collection of thoughts, much the same as a literal patrin. A patrin is «a Gypsy trail: handfuls of leaves or grass cast by the Gypsies on the road, to denote, to those traveling behind, the way which they have taken.» Contents: «On the Rabid versus the Harmless Scholar, The Great Playground, On the Ethics of Descent, Some Impressions from the Tudor Exhibition, On the Delights of an Incognito…»