Clarence M. Weed. Insects and Insecticides. A practical Manual concerning noxious insects and the methods of preventing their injuries. Published by the author Hanover, New Jersey, 1891.
via: The Biodiversity Heritage Library, where you can view the entire book.
William Elliot Griffis. Korean Fairy Tales. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1922.
It’s Fairy Tale Saturday and this week our book tells tales from the country of Korea. The author, William Griffis, lived and taught in Japan for many years and wrote many serious books on Japan and Japanese Culture. Mr. Griffis was brought to Japan in 1870 to assist in the modernization of Japanese Schools. He became a respected educator and author within Japan and was twice honored with the Order of the Rising Sun – in 1907 with the Gold Rays with Rosette and in 1926 with the higher honor of Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.
Hon. Mrs. Greene (Louisa Lelias Plunket). Bound by a Spell; or, The Hunted Witch of the Forest. London, Paris, New York & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1885. Illustrations by Gordon Browne. First edition.
I chose today’s book cover mostly because of the snow. I thought it would be nice on a hot day. Brrr…
Photo via: L.W. Currey, Inc.
The book is available to read at The Internet Archive
Harrison Wade Ferguson. A Child’s Book of the Teeth. Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York; World Book Co., 1918.
Cover photo via: The Black Apple
The book is available to read at The Internet Archive
Charles Joseph Weld-Blundell. Are We a Stupid People, by One of Them. London; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1908.
A book of commentary about the social and moral conditions in Britain at the turn of the last century.
Cover photo via: Nemfrog
The book is available to read at The Internet Archive
Charles G.D. Roberts. Illustrations by Charles Livingstone Bull. Binding designed by Amy Sacker. Boston, L.C. Page and Company, 1902.
via: The Internet Archive
Mary Knight Potter. The Art of the Vatican; being a brief history of the place, and an account of the principal art treasures within its walls. Boston. L.C. Page & company, 1903.
via: The Internet Archive
Andersson, Charles John. Lake Ngami; or, Explorations and discoveries during four years’ wanderings in the wilds of southwestern Africa. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1856.
Klara Stroebe, ed. Translated by Frederick Martens. Illustrations by George W. Hood. The Swedish Fairy Book, New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1921.
I really enjoyed Pasakas, the Latvian book of fairy tales sent in by rq, so I thought I’d check out some other foreign tales. There are a myriad of Swedish fairy tale books, but this edition caught my eye. In the preface to the book the author tells us that,
There has been no attempt to “rewrite” these charming folk-and fairy-tales in the translation. They have been faithfully narrated in the simple, naive manner which their traditional rendering demands.
The tales might be traditional, but the artwork isn’t. The cover art and interior plates are all rendered in soft, flowing watercolors more typical of the art nouveau period than the Medieval period. Enjoy! [Read more…]
James Rennie. Insect Architecture. London, James Murray, 1897.
J.M. Callwell. Little Curiosity, The Story of a German Christmas. London (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin), Blackie and Son, 1884.
Surprise! It’s July 25 – the perfect day for mid-summer Christmas. I love that this cover has none of the usual trappings that appear on later books about the season. There’s no snow, no crèche, no tinseled tree and nary a gift in sight – just a happy little bird singing.
via: University of Florida Digital Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries
In the past, I have expressed the opinion that just about the only really decent person in the whole Potterverse is Hermione Granger and I stand by that statement. Every single wizard was way too keen on having slaves.
I found this guy’s pronunciation a bit difficult to understand, but I got over it and the video was informative. I did not know that the argument “slaves are happy” was actually really used in the UK by anti-abolitionists since education about the minutiae of slavery is not really part of the curriculum in our schools.
John Guidfollow; or, the Murder of the Earl of Strathmore. A Mystical, Historical Romance of Forfarshire. Alexander Lowson. Glasgow: Thomas D. Morison. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1890. First edition.
via: Books and Art
Update: The title of this post and the book I posted don’t match. Obviously, I wasn’t paying attention during the proofreading part of this posting. The book on display is: John Guidfollow; or the Murder of the Earl of Strathmore. I’ll post the book “Little Curiosity” tomorrow. I apologize for the mix-up.