The Remarkable Mrs. Beach, American Composer: A Biographical Account Based on Her Diaries, Letters, Newspaper Clippings, and Personal Reminiscences Book

I confess I used it as a 'bathroom book' to dip into as and when as I am not getting much reading time at the moment and it was ideal.

It is laid out alphabetically by the subject of proverbs, and beneath each subject is a proverb, its likely origin and earliest date and some examples, often from older books and certainly many books I have not read, but will no doubt try and dip into.

I enjoyed it, but probably won't dip into it again. It gives useful information, and is well written and presented, but it isn't something I could easily revisit.