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Jessie Willcox Smith
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books0977: Laugh & Grow Wise. The Senior Owl of Ivy…
Laugh & Grow Wise. The Senior Owl of Ivy Hall. Griffith and Farran, London, 1865. Illustrations are hand-colored; lithographed by Maclure, MacDonald & MacGregor.
Three little girls sat down to eat,
A hearty dinner one fine day;
And Sally brought some bread and meat,
And a great pie upon a tray.
“Oh, what is in that pie, I wonder?”
Said Mary, when she saw the crust,—
“Oh, how I wish I might look under;
"Do, Sally, cut it, or I must!”
bookmania: “Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements…
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world. “ ~ Voltaire (Photo: Mitchell Samson)
True dat.
True dat.
internetarchive: Beautiful photos from our Internet Archive…
On the top floor of the Wellcome Library, 12 people sit in the darkness of blackout blinds, illuminated by the white LEDs of a scanning machine.
This is the Euston Scan Centre, currently home to a team from the Internet Archive. They are part of an ambitious project to digitise the 19th century book collections of 10 UK libraries relating to the topic of medicine. They each aim to scan 800 pages an hour. They‘ve scanned over 2.5 million since they started with a full staff in October, and will have done 16-17 million by 2016.
Scanning Books
Awesome!
books0977: Interior with woman reading. Carl Vilhelm…
Interior with woman reading. Carl Vilhelm Holsøe (Danish: 1863-1935).
Holsøe is most celebrated for his depictions of sparse, tranquil interiors, which convey stillness, timelessness, and introspection. Holsøe’s figures are still and contemplative, caught in their own reverie. Much like Vermeer, Holsøe’s paintings are illuminated by natural light, both direct and reflected, and the artist has brilliantly captured the atmospheric local Scandinavian light which gives the painting its ethereal quality.
Reading Books
books0977: Byam Shaw’s illustration for Poe’s William Wilson in…
Byam Shaw’s illustration for Poe’s William Wilson in ‘Selected Tales of Mystery’ (London : Sidgwick & Jackson, 1909) on the frontispiece with caption ‘A masquerade in the palazzo of the Neapolitan Duke Di Broglio.’
“It was at Rome, during the Carnival of 18 – , that I attended a masquerade in the palazzo of the Neapolitan Duke Di Broglio. I had indulged more freely than usual in the excesses of the wine-table; and now the suffocating atmosphere of the crowded rooms irritated me beyond endurance.”
Inside Books
books0977: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward go shopping for…
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward go shopping for books in Paris. Photographed by Gordon Parks, 1959. LIFE.
The Newmans lived away from the Hollywood environment, making their home in Westport, Connecticut. Newman was well known for his devotion to his wife and family. When asked once about infidelity, he famously quipped, “Why go out for a hamburger when you have steak at home?”
Finding Books
On an unrelated topic, I just watched the talented Ms. Woodward (along with a stunning cast) in “Philadelphia” again the other night. What a powerful film.
Little Free Library
Little Free Library
