literature

"Navigating NYC in Children’s Books: A Whistle-Stop Tour" A lecture by Pádraic Whyte, School of English, Trinity College Dublin Thursday, November 8, 2012 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library 121 Wall St., New Haven, CT 06511 (Location is wheelchair accessible) Free and Open to the Public

A new podcast from our occasional series, American Letters, is available: Episode 3: Ernest Hemingway to Ezra Pound, 1931. Despite a broken arm and several broken fingers, Hemingway writes to his friend Ezra Pound and to Pound's wife, Dorothy Shakespear.

Along with a new stylesheet - (tell us what you think) - we present: as a special cautionary post for the New Year, the complete text of: The Warning Clock; or the Voice of the New Year. New-York: Mahlon Day, 374 Pearl-Street, 1836

A deluxe artist's edition. with illustrations by Leonor Fini, of the 1884 novel by the decadent writer, Rachilde.

Happy Holidays to all the Tramps and Trinkets, here and abroad. (Selected images from a saleman's sample book: Tramp and Trinkets Abroad and Other Stories  by Mary C. Crowley, Frances A. Humphrey and others. Boston: D. Lothrop Company. Copyright 1892)

The Book of accidents: designed for young children. New Haven :  S. Babcock, Sidney's press, 1831.