_Dictionary of Hackneyed Quotations_ (Vol. iv., p. 405.).--I am glad to
find, from the communication by H. A. B., that a book of the above
description is likely to appear. The want of such a book has long been
felt, and its appearance will fill up a gap in literature: how it could
so long have escaped the notice of publishers is a mystery. "Though lost
to sight, to memory dear," the author of which H. A. B. inquires for,
is, I think, not likely to be found in any author. My impression is,
that it cannot be traced up to any definite source: I remember it only
as a motto on a seal which was in my possession nearly thirty years ago.