The context is SLC, talking with R L Stevenson... "...and bearing such titles as Davis's Selected Speeches, Davis's Selected Poetry, Davis's this and Davis's that and Davis's the other thing, compilations every one of them, each with a brief, compact, intelligent and useful introductory chapter by this same Davis, whose first name I have forgotten." They go on to identify this Davis as a premier example of "submerged renown," an interesting phrase indeed. I haven't been able to find these books, or this author, in WorldCat or anywhere else. Surely no relation ;-) , but does anyone have an idea of who this best-selling 19th-century Davis The Compiler was? I don't see any web references to these works, except that one in the Autobiography. Thanks, and happy holidays. DDD