Figure A : Emmanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), caught in mid-prophesying Good morn/midday/evening/matins, dear readers! I have another i...

A nineteenth-century English idyll: Hermits and haywains . Listen up, ladies -- I have a most interesting tale for your considerat...

Note the variety of child tonsures Francis implemented after his 1549 arrival in Cipangu.  So...where was I? Ignatius, Frank...

Hello, my dearest blog devotees...I hope you enjoyed my sojourn into the secretive world of Mason Locke "Parson" Weems. But now it...

Mason Lock "Parson" Weems After my spirited account of the fortunes and misfortunes of Dr. William  Brydon , Commander of B...

Out for a trot.  Before I again take up my tales of early American book-selling, I wish to relate to you, dear  blogites , the most cu...

I have in my library a tome entitled A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and Exploits of General George Washington by one Rev. Mason...

17th-century botanical print of a humble century plant. My apologies, dear readers, for being away. I'm afraid I was deep i...

As promised, loyal readers, I have opened the Cabinet back up to tell the rest of my story about the Encyclopedia Britannica . Let me fir...

My great apologies for my absence. I have been occupied with matters of a pseudoacademic nature. More on that later. I would like t...

As I was saying...if you are curious about the History of the GREAT DISMAL, read on. But I must worn you, is not for the faint of heart! ...