September 2009
19 posts
"The People's Theatre."
Across the room, and in front of the bar, stands a novel gambling-instrument. It is a small brass cannon, from which balls are projected, probably by a spring, and entering a curtained aperture a few feet distant, descend by an inclined plane, on which stand small wooden pins. Ten tickets are given out, say at three cents each. The holder representing the ball that upsets the largest number of...
The Kawgooshkawnick Antiquarian Society may wish... →
The demise of an erstwhile village on Governors Island. Further coverage here.
Updated with a lead from Laura Fisher, F.K.A.S., pointing to excellent photos and an account of a visit to the site.
National Punctuation Day bake-off. →
We plan to make a whole bunch of apostrophe cakes and then throw over half of them away as unnecessary.
Further proof that our trade has fallen from its... →
Not only are all the good books gone (a hoary chestnut oft voiced by the croaking old-timers) but new evidence tends to suggest that the optimal means of transporting those books has also disappeared from use.
The utility of an antiquarian education. →
A local historian gives us some context in a current debate.
The Protestants of France dressed their children... →
The way of Chapman and Keats is not easy. →
Before you make a joke about epistimology and your shaving habits it is always best to make certain your joke is not 127 years old.
