本書所收錄〈卡萊爾博物館〉這篇作品當中所描述的場景,就是夏目漱石當年旅居倫敦時的生活場域。從克拉芬公園地鐵站(Clapham Common)出發,穿過公園,轉進 The Chase 這條路,再找到八十一號,即可抵達漱石在倫敦的第五處寓所。建築左側的外牆上,至今仍嵌著一個代表名人故居的藍色圓招牌,記錄了漱石曾在這裡生活的時光。而就在對面的八十號,有一座由漱石文學的愛好者恒松郁生先生,於一九八五年自費開設的倫敦漱石紀念館。
Natsume Sōseki (夏目 漱石), born Natsume Kinnosuke (夏目 金之助), was a Japanese novelist. He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, kanshi, and fairy tales. From 1984 until 2004, his portrait appeared on the front of the Japanese 1000 yen note. In Japan, he is often considered the greatest writer in modern Japanese history. He has had a profound effect on almost all important Japanese writers since.