The SPECTATOR. N ° 52,f.
Saturday, .ATovember. Li iron Grove Here I kept dole to my clrirs Guide, being follicited. by feveral Phantornes,who aftured me they would thew me a nearer Way to the Mountain of the MuCes. Among the reit Vanity was extremely importunate, having de-
' hided infinite Numbers, whorl 1 law wandering at the
▪ Foot of the Hill. 1 turned away from this defpicable ' Troop with Difdain,and addreffed my Celfto my Guides, • Dr if and Virgil: the way was Co laborious, that very • few perfifted lo long as to arrive at the Grove even byTrain of virtuous Thoughts:The whole place Ceems • defign'd. in better Days for Such as have fpcnt their
• Lives according to the Diaatea of their Conicience . But *
now how is the whole Profpe& changed ! Onwards!'
refolved to hazard any Labour and Hardfhip in the At- tempt : So great a defire had 1 of enjoying' Satisfaaion
T he Mountain of the Mules , Throne of Rewards and arcbibe jiiookaore at the end of my Enterprize ! By& ci-rwitows 140AL. GU L L IV E R
As is the way with picaresque novels, the unifying theme is the central character. He describes himself as "a miserable bugger". BeMre going into buying and selling books he was a layabout. However he once had the dreadful experience of having something called a job. "The worst two days of my life." Richard Boston/Guardian Archive Bookstore. 83 Bell Street, NW I Mon-Sat 10-6, Med sized R/C stk, emphon antqrn and music It is puss that all the eccentricity that one would expect from other bookshops has been drained into Mr Meakers shop. Tube Edgware Rd.
THE SECONDHAND BOOKSHOP for OLD BOOKS AND SHEET MUSIC (COLLECTIONS PURCHASED) and one new book drirs guide to the second hand bookshops of Britain drif the roan who hunts She grail by rail Field, a veritable-cobra among hook-worms has achieved cult status in the literary world because of his guide, and even dealers he has condemned with his poison pen are still prepared to stock his book."They really don't mind at all- says Drif. "They sell my book. With my guide I am bringing more people into bookshops. I have been to shops where a book costs tuppence. Literature is the most affordable type of collecting anyone can do" Brigit Grant Sunday Express
No one knows his real name. He says his family were too poor to give him one and named him after a town in Yorkshire. People know him as Driffield, Drif Field. He is hard to track down because he moves house all the time. He is chased across London by creditors. Picaresque is perhaps a bit gentle. drif Guide is an anarchist's handbook and booksellers hate him.
Michael Fathers/Independent
A swell red herring for tube sardines and cheapskates
If you buy £20 or more worth of books/sheet-music including a drif's guide at Archive Bookstore you will get a E5 discount 83 BELL STREET, NW1 Tel 071 402 8212
but if you cannot get to the Archive Bookstore:A single copy of Drirs Guide is available by mailorder from Omnibus Workspace, Box Y, 41 North Road, London N7 9DP. Cheques for £9.99 + 76 p P & P payable to 'Drif Field Guides',
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