This morning, James Gunn passed on at the age of 97. We’re not sure of what, but it probably was congestive heart failure. He went […]
Author: Kij Johnson
1000 books: Libby.
Another one of these luscious, lusciou books that became so popular after the Edwardian Diary: Libby: The Sketches, Letters, & Journal of Libby Beaman, Recorded […]
Lots of things.
I don’t see especially well, and much as I’ve always loved space, telescopes therefore have never been that appealing to me. I timed a long […]
1000 books: A Lady of Fashion.
This is one of my favorites of these: A Lady of Fashion: Barbara Johnson’s Album of Styles and Fabrics (copies start at $160) is a […]
1000 books: Maud.
Maud: The Illustrated Diary of a Victorian Woman, Maud Berkeley. This time, she lives on the Isle of Wight, these diaries are for the 1880s-90s, […]
Our December so far.
I am marching forward on this freelance project, and loving it. I can’t really go into details except to say that it’s for a new […]
1000 books: Country Diary
Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, by Edith Holden, from 1906 but taking the Gift Books world by storm in 1977 and for what seemed […]
1000 books: Diary of a Victorian Lady (first of many).
The Diary of a Victorian Lady: Scenes from her Daily Life, 1864-1865, from Adelaide Pountjoy. This is a total pleasure: a young woman of considerable […]