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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Definitely not, but actually maybe
It has been suggested to me that the frequency of my posts about Japan is somehow indicative of a recently identified syndrome called 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗣𝗝𝗗). To be honest, I’ve had a history of similar responses over the years to … Continue reading
Alice is back home
Christ Church Oxford and the Bodleian Libraries have become joint owners of an exceptionally rare first edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the most important of only 22 known surviving copies of the first and subsequently withdrawn edition. The book … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Museums, Writing
Tagged Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Bodleian Library, Lewis Carroll, Oxford University
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Peace on Earth
Since George Harrison’s passing in 2001, his family and estate have periodically released new videos of some of his older songs. The most recent video, for “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)”, is from a possibly surprising director – Stranger … Continue reading
Tolkien Christmas
Before he was the world renowned author of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the iconic British novelist, poet, philologist and academic wrote letters from Father Christmas to his four children, John, Michael, Christopher and Priscilla. Beginning in … Continue reading
Book of Christmas
THE BOOK OF CHRISTMAS (New York: Macmillan, 1909) Introduction by Hamilton W. Mabie. Illustrations by George Wharton Edwards.
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Tagged book illustration, Christmas, decorative covers, Publishing and Printing
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Happiness is the uncle you never knew about
Happiness By Jane Kenyon There’s just no accounting for happiness, or the way it turns up like a prodigal who comes back to the dust at your feet having squandered a fortune far away. And how can you not forgive? You … Continue reading
Train Etiquette
They take train etiquette very seriously in Japan. Seibu Railway Company operations are concentrated in northwest Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture; the name “Seibu” is an abbreviation of “west Musashi”. The railway recently published a new series of travel etiquette and safety posters that are … Continue reading
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