_Anagrammatic Pun by William Oldys._--Your correspondent's Query
concerning Oldys's _Account of London Libraries_ (Vol. iv., p. 176.),
reminded me of the following punning anagram on the name of that
celebrated bibliographer, which may claim a place among the first
productions of its class. It was Oldys himself, and is attached to one
of his own transcripts in the British Museum:
"In word and _Will I am_ a friend to you,
And one friend _Old is_ worth a hundred new."