Views: 659Travels Through France and Italy by Tobias Smollett Book Review This epistolary travelogue from 1763 is absolutely littered with dyno droppings. Smollett shreds the French. It’s funny and pleasing to read about Pepe Le Pew. Way too much dollar cost averaging in this man’s journal. He reports the price of everything; food, travel, and… Continue reading Travels Through France and Italy by Tobias Smollett Book Review
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A Tour On The Prairies by Washington Irving Book Review
Views: 464A Tour On The Prairies by Washington Irving Book Review I’ll meet you at Fort Gibson in Oklahoma on October 28, 1832. We’ll hire a couple of indians and a creole. Their orders are to help provision our larder during a 30 day march into the Autumnal Pawnee hunting grounds. We meet the captain… Continue reading A Tour On The Prairies by Washington Irving Book Review
Pictures From Italy by Charles Dickens Book Review
Views: 380Pictures From Italy by Charles Dickens Book Review The Italian countryside is full of ruins, temples, churches, relics, and wicked Roman rituals. Venice is a dream scene. Rome is a disgusting show of pageantry, relic worship, and tall hats on ugly men. Dickens Necromancy. Dickens describes execution he attended in Rome. Chop goes the… Continue reading Pictures From Italy by Charles Dickens Book Review
Knickerbocker’s History of New York by Washington Irving Book Review
Views: 640Knickerbocker’s History of New York by Washington Irving Book Review There are numerous reasons to turn down a book entitled, “History of New York”, not the least of which is the Damn Yankees and their insufferable New Englander ways. (Washington Irving calls them Amphictyons) Add to this major demerit the author, Washington Irving, who… Continue reading Knickerbocker’s History of New York by Washington Irving Book Review
American Notes For General Circulation by Charles Dickens Book Review
Views: 354American Notes For General Circulation by Charles Dickens Book Review I’m looking through the table of contents in my Dickens collection. Under the non-fiction header I find listed “American Notes”. I read one chapter towards the end. I’m in a wooden rail car, showers of sparks are flying from the anthracite stoves. The dark… Continue reading American Notes For General Circulation by Charles Dickens Book Review
Around the Moon by Jules Verne Book Review. Techno Space Religion
Views: 877Around the Moon by Jules Verne Book Review See also: From The Earth To The Moon by Jules Verne book review. The moon shot story continues. Three men launched into space by secret society magicians. (Gun Club) The men in the capsule make many discoveries: Velcro and image manipulation techniques. The moon is scene… Continue reading Around the Moon by Jules Verne Book Review. Techno Space Religion
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle book review
Views: 284The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle book review. Lord Henry of Baskerville Castle drops dead in the moor. Huge footprints of hell-hound origin are found near his body. Sherlock Holmes smokes a pound of tobacco, drinks two pots of coffee, and stares into the fire at his Baker Street bachelor… Continue reading The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle book review
The Children of Captain Grant by Jules Verne Book Review
Views: 318The Children of Captain Grant by Jules Verne Book Review Lord Glenarvan of Malcom Castle is finishing initial sea trials on his new sailing yacht. THE DUNCAN. Three masted, steam powered, screw driven, ocean going sea vessel with crew of twenty sailors. It was Lord Glenarvan’s intention to present the ship to his new… Continue reading The Children of Captain Grant by Jules Verne Book Review
Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds by Fontenelle Book Review.
Views: 357Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds by Fontenelle Book Review. Published 1686 – almost “FOUR HUNDRED” so-called “YEARS” ago. I’m delighted to have the company of a young Marquise. She’s visiting Debonshire to spend the summer. I am her personal savant. We stroll the gardens of our benefactor, a lead matron in the Paris… Continue reading Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds by Fontenelle Book Review.
The Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne Book Review
Views: 331The Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne Book Review Captain Hatteras used anonymous means to build, outfit, and crew his ship. The men selected to sail with The FORWARD are sober, without family, children, or wives. The crew embarks without knowing the captain, destination, or purpose of the journey. Captain Hatteras finally reveals… Continue reading The Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne Book Review