Greenock.
_Worm in Books._--Can you or any of your numerous correspondents suggest
a remedy for the worm in old books and MSS.? I know of a valuable
collection in the muniment room of a nobleman in the country, which is
suffering severely at the present time from the above destructive agent;
and although smoke has been tried, and shavings of Russia leather
inserted within the pages of the books, the evil still exists. As this
question has most likely been asked before, and answered in your
valuable little work, I shall be obliged by your pointing out in what
volume it occurs, as I have not a set by me to refer to and thus save
you the trouble.