Laudator Temporis Acti
"A peculiar anthologic maze, an amusing literary chaos, a farrago of quotations, a mere iolla podrida/i of quaintness, a ipot pourri/i of pleasant idelites/i, a iflorilegium/i of elegant extracts, a tangled fardel of old-world flowers of thought, a faggot of odd fancies, quips, ifacetiae/i, loosely tied" (Holbrook Jackson, iAnatomy of Bibliomania/i) by a "laudator temporis acti," a "praiser of time past" (Horace, iArs Poetica/i 173).