“Thevenot in his travels refers to the fables of Damn et Calilve, meaning the Hitopodesa, or Pilpay's Fables. His translator calls them the fables of the damned Calilve.””
Literary Blunders: A Chapter in the "History of Human Error"
Quotes by Henry B. Wheatley
“The curious point is that a misprint which has passed through proof and revise unnoticed by reader and author will often be detected immediately the perfected book is placed in the author's hands. The blunder which has hitherto remained hidden appears to start out from the page, to the author's great disgust.””
Literary Blunders: A Chapter in the "History of Human Error"
Henry B. Wheatley
Henry B. Wheatley was an English author, editor, and bibliophile known for his contributions to literature and bibliographic scholarship in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in 1838, he develope...