Friday, May 29, 2015

Eyub Is a Place of Tombs; On the Hillside, Thousands of the Faithful Rest under Cypresses in Graves Marked by Dusty Headstones Leaning Awry (1913)

Robert Hichens, “Skirting the Balkan Peninsula from Triest to Constantinople, Sixth Paper: Stamboul, the City of Mosques,” With Pictures by Jules Guérin, The Century 86 (August 1913): 521.

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Friday, May 22, 2015

Oh, Mother, Do Come Back to Poor Betty (1869)

Sophia Tandy, Bertie’s Birthday Present, or Patience Rewarded (London: Religious Tract Society, 1869), 164.

Monday, May 18, 2015

Friday, May 15, 2015

A Savage Strumming Accompanied His Ballad, Announcing a Ukulele (1919)

Thomas Beer, “The House of Atreus,” Illustrations by D.C. Hutchison, The Century Magazine 98 (July 1919): 317.

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

From Ever to Always the Generations of Men Do Bondsman’s Service in the Single Field (1901)

Francis Marion Crawford, The Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale (London: Macmillan and Company, Limited, 1901): 97.

Monday, May 11, 2015

In This Manner, the Epitaph on My Mother’s Tomb Being My Primer and My Spelling-Book, I Learned to Read (1825)



Mrs. Leicester’s School; Or the History of Several Young Ladies Related by Themselves 9th ed., (London: M.J. Godwin and Company,) 1825.

Friday, May 8, 2015

And like That Sounding Echo-Land This Graveyard Speaks to Me (1885)

J.R.S., “The Graveyard,” The Penny Post: An Illustrated Magazine for All Readers 35 ( September 1885): 275.