A look, a touch, a word is enough, not infrequently, to betray the man
back of it, the unconscious being the characteristic.
Mendelssohn once revealed his masterhand as a musician to
the organ-keeper in Strasburg Cathedral by the way he made
the instrument speak, just as Giotto, as an artist, did to a
stranger on one occasion by drawing a perfect circle at a stroke.
(350)
=Characteristics Revealing Authorship=--See RECOGNITION BY ONE’S
WORK.
=Characterization, Improper=--See BADNESS IN BOYS.