Through the First Antarctic Night (1900)
Journal of one of the first to spend winter on Antarctica, including more than 2 months of total darkness….more
Books
X is for…
How alphabet books dealt with the letter X before the rise of x-rays and xylophones….more
Agnes Catlow’s Drops of Water (1851)
From the golden age of the microscope, a book on the animalcules that infuse stagnant water, undetectable to the naked eye….more
My Diary in a Chinese Farm (1894)
Feminist and novelist Alicia Little’s intimate and unique insight into rural Chinese life at the end of the nineteenth century….more
John Locke’s Method for Common-Place Books (1685)
The philosopher’s method for creating a personalized encyclopedia of quotations….more
The Joys of Young Werther (1775)
A year after Goethe’s tale of teenage angst and suicide came this satire giving it a Hollywood ending….more
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts (1897)
Seventy eight weird happenings are contained in this volume, from a demon strangling Devonian farmers in 1682 to a poltergeist terrorising a contemporary Chinese co…more
Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours (1814)
Extending Werner’s system, this is Patrick Syme’s classic taxonomic guide to the colours of the natural world….more
Leave it to Psmith (1923)
The most popular adventure of P. G. Wodehouse’s Psmith, a character based on English hotelier and impresario Rupert D’Oyly Carte….more
The Fourth Dimension and the Bible (1922)
William Granville’s attempt to explain the more mysterious aspects of the Bible through the rigours of pure mathematics….more
Philippine Folk Tales (1916)
Huge variety of stories presented, sourced from both the more traditional tribes, including the headhunters of the rugged mountain regions, and from those “Christia…more
Mazes and Labyrinths (1922)
William H. Matthews’ vast and richly illustrated encyclopaedic portrait of these mysterious phenomena across time and space….more
