This can hardly be said of any other part of classic literature, but many may be better cultivated than they have been hitherto. […] No man, be it observed, will be the worse statesman, lawyer, or physician for not having read Waverley, so that the plea of public utility cannot be urged. […] Imitation is also everywhere to be traced. […] The dwelling of both would seem to be on Olympos. […] It may also be doubted if the temple-legend of Delphi could be as old as the age to which Homer is usually referred.