Another black early fall dawn, years ago, I sat on a granite boulder in the Yosemite backcountry and decided to hoot back at some hoo hoos in the darkness.
The Speculator responded to the letter with a blend of commiseration and alarm: this young gentleman's situation is truly pitiable. The cacoethes scribendi is certainly one of the most troublesome diseases of the mind; and when it thus totally possesses a man, I scarce know any madness equal to it (51:20). The cacoethes scribendi, which as An Impartial and Candid Disquisition into the Case of Sporus, by A Lover of Truth and Impartiality (1755) explained, is a hard Word for a Disease called in plain English, the Itch of Writing, was a staple of literary satire (24).
The main Tibetan areas in Sichuan are now designated as Aba (Ngawa) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Muli Tibetan Autonomous County.
