Captain Cuttle's Mailbag
History, Folklore, and Victorian Pedantry from the Pages of "Notes and Queries"
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2017
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-946053-03-9 (ISBN)
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-946053-03-9 (ISBN)
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An amusing and possibly informative anthology of Notes and Queries, the Victorian magazine for which no subject was too odd or obscure. Recommended for history, literature, and trivia buffs.
How did the Honorable Miss E. St. Leger become a Freemason? Did Lord Byron meet a hippopotamus, or was it only a tapir? Whence the popular prejudice against redheads?
These were among the topics discussed in the pages of Notes and Queries, a weekly magazine founded in London in 1849 as "a medium of inter-communication for literary men, artists, antiquaries, genealogists, etc." Its motto was "When found, make a note of"—a saying of Captain Cuttle, the hook-handed old salt of Dickens's Dombey and Son. Some subscribers to Notes and Queries contributed brief notes on curious facts they had uncovered; other sent in arcane queries to be answered. The result was rather like an erudite Internet discussion board, complete with its flame wars and trolls.
This book anthologises the most interesting exchanges from the First Series of Notes and Queries (1849–55). Here, ordered by subject—with judicious footnotes, of course—are delightfully pedantic remarks on the daily life and amusements of olden times, the doings of faeries, revolting folk remedies, strange forgotten, poetry good and bad, and oddities of natural history, among many other things. Also included is a selection of advertisements from the magazine, for such products as Grosjean's Celebrated Trowsers, Rimmel's Toilet Vinegar (good for several purposes), and the Rev. Edmund Saul Dixon's treatise on Ornamental and Domestic Poultry: Their History and Management.
Original drawings add an extra touch of humour throughout, and a lively introduction describes the history and workings of Notes and Queries. Full of useless information and Victorian fustiness, Captain Cuttle's Mailbag will fascinate trivia buffs and time travellers alike.
How did the Honorable Miss E. St. Leger become a Freemason? Did Lord Byron meet a hippopotamus, or was it only a tapir? Whence the popular prejudice against redheads?
These were among the topics discussed in the pages of Notes and Queries, a weekly magazine founded in London in 1849 as "a medium of inter-communication for literary men, artists, antiquaries, genealogists, etc." Its motto was "When found, make a note of"—a saying of Captain Cuttle, the hook-handed old salt of Dickens's Dombey and Son. Some subscribers to Notes and Queries contributed brief notes on curious facts they had uncovered; other sent in arcane queries to be answered. The result was rather like an erudite Internet discussion board, complete with its flame wars and trolls.
This book anthologises the most interesting exchanges from the First Series of Notes and Queries (1849–55). Here, ordered by subject—with judicious footnotes, of course—are delightfully pedantic remarks on the daily life and amusements of olden times, the doings of faeries, revolting folk remedies, strange forgotten, poetry good and bad, and oddities of natural history, among many other things. Also included is a selection of advertisements from the magazine, for such products as Grosjean's Celebrated Trowsers, Rimmel's Toilet Vinegar (good for several purposes), and the Rev. Edmund Saul Dixon's treatise on Ornamental and Domestic Poultry: Their History and Management.
Original drawings add an extra touch of humour throughout, and a lively introduction describes the history and workings of Notes and Queries. Full of useless information and Victorian fustiness, Captain Cuttle's Mailbag will fascinate trivia buffs and time travellers alike.
Edward Welch is a writer and editor living in Philadelphia. A recovering academic, he has also played the recorder in several early-music ensembles.
CONTENTS
Introduction
ANECDOTES OF HISTORY
Daily Life
Amusements
Personalities
Church Matters
Law and Order
Wills and Epitaphs
RELICS OF FOLKLORE
Tales of the Supernatural
The Life of Stories
Popular Zoology
Superstitions
Remedies
Local Customs
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Books and Booksellers
Poetry and Verse
Words and Their Use
Personal Names
SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS
Technology and Innovation
Natural History
Medicine and Physiology
Physics Problems
Notes on Books
Notices to Correspondents
Advertisements
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.02.2018 |
|---|---|
| Illustrationen | Matt Wiegle |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 139 x 213 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten | |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-946053-03-1 / 1946053031 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-946053-03-9 / 9781946053039 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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