Mispec Moor

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Among the many reasons why readers of the 1920s were in awe of James Branch Cabell was his scholarly erudition. I just learned that in Beowulf, mistige moras means "misty moors." Once seen, an obvious source of his Mispec Moor.

Cabell was always great on place names but never better than here, for Mispec Moor is an anagram for Compromise. So at one and the same time, he was scholarly, romantic, and cynical.

Jimmy, I doff my hat to you.

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