Schott's Original Miscellany Author:Ben Schott An encyclopedia? A dictionary? An almanac? An anthology? A lexicon? A treasury? A commonplace? An amphigouri? A vade-mecum? — Well... yes. Schott's Original Miscellany is all of these and, of course, more. — Schott's Original Miscellany is a snapper-up of unconsidered triffles. Its purpose is to gather the flotsam and jet... more »sam of the conversational tide. Importantly, Schott's Original Miscellany makes very few claims to be exhaustive, authoritative, or even practical. It does, however, claim to be essential. It is, perhaps, possible to live one's life without Schott's Original Miscellany, but it seems a curious and brave thing to attempt.« less
I enjoyed this book although somehow I thought it was about cooking. Well the joke was on me. It really is a little Brit book. Anyone traveling to England could really use it and since it is a little neat book it would fit nicely into a carry on. For a little book it is stuff pack with information. A good coffee shop book, in fact in came with an autograph coffee shop post card which I still haven't figured out what that means so I am sending it out with the book. It is a good book. Joalice