Duly noted

Why should finding my name in an endnote give me so much pleasure? Few readers will ever notice me nestled amongst all that small print in the back of the book, and the reference to my work is so brief that it's unlikely to result in a flood of new readers. Nevertheless, seeing my name pop unexpectedly from the punultimate endnote produced a little frisson of delight, a reminder that an article I wrote eight years ago and published six years ago was actually read by a scholar and made an impact on his thinking, no matter how small.