Sunday, December 1, 2019
Peter Parley's Christmas
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Or, a festive story of Transatlantic literary piracy starring nineteenth century children's favourite Peter Parley. Tales About Chris...
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Anna Katharine Green's The Leavenworth Case (1878)
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First edition, 1878 This Friday I'm co-hosting (along with my colleague Hilary Emmett) the second reading group of the British As...
Friday, October 31, 2014
Happy Halloween: "Sagt der Fogel, 'Nimmermehr!'"
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H. A. Kimball (Concord, NH), c.1865-1875, via N YPL No time, alas, for a proper Countdown to Halloween this year - but this deserved to...
Friday, May 30, 2014
Going West
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Twain, Harte, Stoddard, Coolbirth - Ben Tarnoff's The Bohemians (Penguin, 2014) Excuse the absence - I've been on a long voyage...
Thursday, December 5, 2013
"A right fat, jolly, roistering little fellow" - Irving, Paulding, Saint Nicholas
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It's Saint Nicholas' Eve, which means that in Holland - and in plenty of other places, too - Sinterklaas celebrations are in ful...
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