Uriah Jewett and the sea serpent of Lake Memphemagog, by George C. Merrill; 1917; Newport, Vermont. A very curious little book concerning a poet named Uriah Jewett,…more
Books
The Eccentric Mirror: Reflecting a Faithful and Interesting Delineation of Male and Female Characters, Ancient and Modern (1807)
Reports on a marvellous menagerie of weird and wonderful characters from the past and Georgian-present….more
The Attitudes of Animals in Motion, Illustrated with the Zoopraxiscope (1882)
Published lecture given by the pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge on March 13th 1882 at the Royal Institution in London in front of a sell out audience that…more
The Diary of a Nobody (1919 edition)
Fictitious diary details fifteen months in the life of Mr. Charles Pooter, a middle aged city clerk of lower middle-class status but significant social aspirations,…more
Superstitions About Animals (1904)
Bringing together some of the most common superstitions about animals, and “dealing with them in a light and popular way”….more
Across the Zodiac: the Story of a Wrecked Record (1880)
Centering around the creation of a substance called “apergy”, a form of anti-gravitational energy, Percy Gregg’s novel details a flight to Mars taken in 1830….more
Hydriotaphia/Urn-Burial and The Garden of Cyrus (1658)
Two seminal works from the 17th century English polymath Thomas Browne in which he traces symbolic patterns in natural form and reflects on history and mortality ….more
Horse Laughs (1891)
Remarkably strange little book on account of much of the humour being lost over the passage of time – often resulting in surreal, if not somewhat disconcerting, lit…more
Napoleon’s Oraculum (1839)
Apparently consulted by Napoleon “before every important occasion” the fortune-telling Oraculum was originally discovered in one of the Royal tombs of Egypt during …more
Pirates (1922)
Published in 1922, based on the writings of Captain Charles Johnson from 1735, with additional foreword and illustrations from C.Lovat Fraser….more
The Last American (1889)
Short future history novel from John Ames Mitchell (1845–1918). First published in 1889, it is the fictional journal of Persian admiral Khan-Li, who in the year 2…more
The Danger of Premature Interment (1816)
Fascinating book all about the phenomenon of premature burial, a very Victorian obsession….more
