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The 1899 Project
http://1899project.blogspot.com/
When I found a list of "summer books" in an 1899 New York Times, I knew I'd have to read them all...eventually...
- Added on: Jul 30th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: E.N. Wilson
- Listed in: Books
- Tags: literature new york times summer reading 1899
Recent Posts
Mistress Content Cradock Chapter 7: A Cavalier Who Lost His Cav
We've moved onto the “burning, glowing beauty” of New England summers as Chapter 7 opens, and Content and her brother Timothy have taken their chores to the open air. However, in Timothy's case, he's performing imaginary chores. Instead of playi...
Sidebar: Now with T-SHIRTS!
Even a year after the launch of this project, the posts about Mór Jókai's A Hungarian Nabob are still very popular...or at least as popular as anything I've put on here since. In honor of the primacy of place he holds in the legend of The 1899 Proj...
Mistress Content Cradock Chapter 6: SERPENTS AND COCKATRICES!
We're back in Salome's house as we begin Chapter 6, and still she insists on that brazen self-expression that we've gradually become accustomed to. This time, the narrator picks out a splash of gold (Consteration! Uproar!) joining the ends of her ...
Content Cradock Sidebar: The Illustrator Betrays Us ALL!
Before we push on, a note on the illustrations. So far, they have been functional (if very, very, very dull and static), but the line drawing for Chapter 3 of the "exotic" Mistress Salome either betrays the century's unimaginitive view of what exoti...
Mistress Content Cradock Chapter 1: Sufferin' Cats, That Dialogue!
Before we begin, it's ConTENT Cradock, not CONtent. It's a distinction that has to be made because modern net-fiends aren't inclined to contentment.Our dedication assures us that there's no doubt about where our author's influence lies: TOThe Memor...
The Rough Riders EXTRA: He Always Does, He Always Does...Unless He Doesn't
One last Rough Riders sidebar before squaring myself to the new task at hand. By accident, I stumbled across the Wheeler Plantation webpage--as in the family of General Joe Wheeler, who was commander of the cavalry in Cuba--and there's a very inform...
