The Venerable Bede, the Baronet, and Me

September 16, 2013

Sometimes the oldest technology is the best. I refer to alphabetic writing, that strange magic by which I commune with …

A Book Owned by Jerome Kern

September 10, 2013

Well, how could I resist? I adore Jerome Kern. And he was quite a book collector. The book is Edward …

September 2, 2013

Greek Sayings of the Kings, Generals, Philosophers and Certain Others from Plutarch and Diogenes Laertius, with Latin Translation. Published by …

August 24, 2013

The Remains of the poetry of Anacreon, Sappho and Erinna, published by R. Fleming of Edinburgh in 1766. With beautiful …