There’s a free “yard sale” in Arlington this morning,¹ and I just made this epic score.

¹ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJGf7Y2Db-LTHgmPtaNRZ3l_xHY9-ZHSH8SZrkcZ4qYAWSlw/viewform

What a delightful note for the reader.
@Colarusso Which of a number of notable Gibbon writers is this? It's easy to assume Edward, merely because he's most famous, but I don't want to assume.
@wesdym it’s Philip Guedalla’s letter to the reader, 1946 edition.