fun times in the library

Jun 19, 2010 16:49

So I was actually looking for some other book on Shakespeare, but came across Elizabethan Demonology: An Essay by Thomas Alfred Spalding (London: Chatto and Windus, 1880) along the way. This book was dedicated to Robert Browning, so you can file that in your random trivia bank, I guess. At any rate, instead of a table of contents, the book has an " ( Read more... )

folklore and fairy tales, fun with keywords, early modern grab bag

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rymenhild June 19 2010, 21:08:20 UTC
That's wonderful. Thank you for sharing it. :D

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tempestsarekind June 19 2010, 21:20:17 UTC
You're welcome--what else would I do with random academic trivia?

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erstwhiletexan June 19 2010, 21:15:46 UTC
That books sounds EPIC. XD

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tempestsarekind June 19 2010, 21:21:52 UTC
I actually put it back because I was kind of afraid to read it (well, that and I already had more books than I could carry): what if the book isn't as good as the contents listing?

If I'm very good next week and get a lot of work done, maybe I'll go back for it. :)

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cschells June 20 2010, 01:44:15 UTC
Wow. Oh, you have to go back for it. We need installments...

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tempestsarekind June 20 2010, 15:51:27 UTC
Somehow, I'm not worried about winding up in the library again...I'm sure it'll make its way back into my hands soon. :)

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