Unbalanced Vision

Alexander Pope says the nastiest things about booksellers (combining the roles of publishers and booksellers in those days). Booksellers in the 18th century created a commercialised, low-class culture: tracking down personal correspondence and documents of the famous, and rushing them into print regardless of quality. This reminds me of my dad--certainly not that he's one of the nasty bunch; his publishing company is quite serious and decent. But that he's coming to London in less than a month for the annual book fair, and to visit his daughter who's suffering from essay hysteria.