▁" G ay ' s ▁T riv ia , ▁or ▁New ▁Art ▁of ▁Walk ing ▁Stre ets ▁of ▁London .", ▁ ▁" Th ou , ▁T riv ia , ▁god dess , ▁aid ▁my ▁song : ▁Through ▁sp a cious ▁streets ▁conduct ▁thy ▁b ard ▁along ." ▁ ▁Modern ▁usage ▁T rivial ities , ▁bits ▁of ▁information ▁of ▁little ▁consequence ▁was ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁a ▁popular ▁book ▁by ▁British ▁a ph or ist ▁Log an ▁P ears all ▁Smith ▁( 1 8 6 5 - 1 9 4 6 ), ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 2 ▁but ▁popular ized ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁( with ▁More ▁T riv ia ▁following ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁and ▁a ▁collected ▁edition ▁including ▁both ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 3 ). ▁It ▁consisted ▁of ▁short ▁ess ays ▁often ▁tied ▁to ▁observation ▁of ▁small ▁things ▁and ▁common place ▁moments . ▁T riv ia ▁is ▁the ▁pl ural ▁of ▁t riv ium , ▁" a ▁public ▁place ." ▁The ▁ad ject ival ▁form ▁of ▁this , ▁trivial is , ▁was ▁hence ▁translated ▁by ▁Smith ▁as ▁" common place ." ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁version ▁of ▁his ▁book ▁T riv ia , ▁Smith ▁wrote : ▁I ▁K NO W ▁too ▁much ; ▁I ▁have ▁stuff ed ▁too ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁facts ▁of ▁History ▁and ▁Science ▁into ▁my ▁intellect uals . ▁My ▁eyes ▁have ▁grown ▁dim ▁over ▁books ; ▁bel ieving ▁in ▁ge ological ▁periods , ▁cave ▁dwell ers , ▁Chinese