“And the same rule holds good of fairyland, into which living people sometimes stray or are enticed to their sorrow. ‘‘ Wise people recom- mend that, in the circumstances, a man shoul not utter a word till he comes out again, nor, on any account, taste fairy food or drink. If he abstains he is very likely before lon dismissed, but if he indulges he straightway loses the wi and the power ever to return to the society of men.””

— The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. V · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan