Henry B. Wheatley > Quotes

“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.”
― Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917 Wheatley, Literary Blunders: A Chapter in the "History of Human Error"

“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.”
― Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917 Wheatley, Literary Blunders: A Chapter in the "History of Human Error"