J. David Grey’s large donation to Goucher’s Burke Austen Collection is slowly being processed, and amid the usual editions of “Emma” or “Sense and Sensibility” in Icelandic or Persian which this “completist” collector loved, we also find the occasional small press run edition of Austeniana made expressly for Janeites. In this case, it’s an anonymous collection of charades or riddles, many accompanied by engravings giving clues before the answer key on the final page. Continue reading Jane Austen and family, “Charades &c.,” London: Spottiswode, [1895]. Want to match wits with the Austens? Try number V
Tag Archives: Goucher Special Collections & Archives
The Praise of Folly (Erasmus)
The images are of The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus. Continue reading The Praise of Folly (Erasmus)
Friendship, Love & Marriage (Henry David Thoreau)
The images are of Friendship, Love & Marriage by Henry David Thoreau. Continue reading Friendship, Love & Marriage (Henry David Thoreau)
L’Allegro and Il Penseroso (John Milton)
The images are of L’Allegro and Il Penseroso by John Milton. L’Allegro is a pastoral poem by John Milton published in his 1645 Poems. Continue reading L’Allegro and Il Penseroso (John Milton)