though its age strikes one less, perhaps, than the quaintness of its structure, which is curious and fantastic to the last degree.

Many writers use words to give quaintness to their work.

It is a mistake to regard Burton from the point of view (due largely to Charles Lamb) of tolerant or loving delight in quaintness for quaintness' sake.

There is a Gothic quaintness about all the buildings in the Cotswolds, great and small alike, which is very charming.

The old man was soon among the blankets, but Narcissus dallied over undressing, looking at this and that country quaintness on the wall; and then, while he was in a state of half man and half trousers, the voice of the woman called from the foot of the stairs: Were they in bed yet? 'Surely, it cannot be!

These compositions were marked by a quaintness like thatif a comparison may be made to something tangible, of a Chinese vase or a broken bronze figure.

To Mr. Sommerville he added, laughing, "Isn't it the quaintest combinationsuch radiant girlhood and her absurd book-learning!" Mr. Sommerville gave his assent to the quaintness by silence, as he rose and prepared to retreat.