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Augustine on Varro on the Naming of Athens
Louis Comfort Tiffany, “Window of St. Augustine” (Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, Florida; photo credit: Wikipedia) Citing Varro as “a most learned man among the [pagans], and [a man… more →
Bryant Sarensen
From the Bookshelf: The Wonder Book of the Wild: The Romance of Exploration (Ward, Lock & Co., c.1923).
wrote 5 days ago: I love “The Wonder Book of the Wild”. In purely monetary terms it’s probably the l … more →
From the Bookshelf: Whisper the Guns, by Edward Cline
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wrote 1 week ago: During our recent trip to Colonial Williamsburg, I stopped by the Williamsburg Booksellers and caugh … more →
From the Bookshelf: The Sign of Four - Advanced Pitman's Shorthand Edition
wrote 1 week ago: First paragraph – “Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel- piece, … more →
From the Bookshelf: The Wind in the Willows, Methuen (21st Edition)
wrote 2 weeks ago: Following on from Dad’s cricket-tinged copy of Thomas Paine’s The Rights of Man, next up … more →
From the Bookshelf: Dad's copy of Thomas Paine's "Right's of Man", J.M. Dent & Sons + the story of a lucky discovery
wrote 3 weeks ago: It’s pretty easy to figure out where my love of books came from. I grew up in a house bursting … more →
From the Bookshelf: The Inimitable Jeeves, First Edition, (Herbert Jenkins, 1923)
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wrote 1 month ago: It may well be that, out of everything I’ve read, the characters of Pelham Grenville Wodehouse … more →
From the Bookshelf: The Sign of Four, Arthur Conan Doyle, (3rd Edition, Newnes, 1893)
wrote 1 month ago: Originally published in Lipincott’s Monthly Magazine in 1890, The Sign of Four is the second o … more →
A lesson from Caddie Woodlawn, the beauty of femininity
wrote 1 month ago: In our culture, where the dignity of women is so lost, seeing the true value of womanhood is almost … more →
Book Review: Behind the Scenes, Elizabeth Keckley
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wrote 1 month ago: As I mentioned in my review of the play Mary T. and Lizzy K., the characters made several reference … more →
From the Bookshelf: Whiston's Josephus: The Excelsior Edition - c.1900 (Nimmo)
wrote 1 month ago: I’ve had a little trouble dating this edition of the collected works of Josephus. I have been … more →
Suspended - Too much stuff to write about
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wrote 2 months ago: Today I’m giving away, a great many things… Hi all, I have decided to move so I’m … more →
From the Bookshelf: Toad of Toad Hall - Methuen (1930)
wrote 2 months ago: It isn’t as pretty as some of the books in my collection, but this edition of Toad of Toad Hal … more →
April 12 - Film Friday - TIFF program 2010
wrote 2 months ago: Today I’m giving away the programme from TIFF 2010. I picked the wrong year to write a post i … more →
From the Bookshelf: "The Secret Garden" - Francis Hodgson Burnett (Heinemann, Second Impression 1912)
wrote 2 months ago: “It was the knob of a door…” As the frontispiece illustration above rather demonst … more →
April 5 Film Friday - 1993 Festival of Festivals Program
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wrote 2 months ago: Today I’m giving away the program for TIFF 1993. This year was also very rich. It has been al … more →
From the Bookshelf: The Light That Failed - Rudyard Kipling (1920)
wrote 2 months ago: The Light That Failed is the first of Rudyard Kipling’s three novels, initially published in 1 … more →
Farm Life: Liberty and Our Small Democracy
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wrote 2 months ago: I questioned in my post, Sparrowhawk and Liberty, how we view Liberty today. I asserted that many p … more →
From the Bookshelf: Forms of Prayer for the Use of Christian Families - Samuel Knight (1792)
wrote 2 months ago: I thought it might be interesting to share some of the more interesting books I’ve picked up o … more →
Sparrowhawk and Liberty
wrote 2 months ago: I ended my reivew of Edward Cline’s Sparrowhawk novels with the line, Long Live Lady Liberty. … more →
