In this issue: Re: Chat: Ring Around the Rosie Re: Christie Today in History -- Sep 03 Re: Chat: Ring Around the Rosie Re: Chat: Ring Around the Rosie Re: May Berenbaum Bugs, rhymes, and the Internet Etext avail: Wright's "The great detective stories" RE: Bugs, rhymes, and the Internet RE: Bugs, rhymes, and the Internet Nursery Rhymes Re: Nursery Rhymes Re: Today in History -- Sep 03 Today in History -- Sep 04 about legionnaires, and nursery rhymes ... Today in History -- Sep 05 A query for Deborah McMillion Nering RE: First Gasoline Pump Re: A query for Deborah McMillion Nering Today in History -- Sep 06 Lady Audley's Secret on TV Forward: Review: Early German & Austrian Detective Fiction Today in History -- Sep 07 Re: Today in History -- Sep 07 Today in History -- Sep 08 RE: F.O.C. Darley (1821-1888) Re: Today in History -- Sep 08 Re: Today in History -- Sep 08 Composers of summer <WAS: Today in History -- Sep 08> -----------------------------THE POSTS----------------------------- Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 17:28:32 -0600 (MDT) From: "p.h.wood" <woodph(at)freenet.edmonton.ab.ca> Subject: Re: Chat: Ring Around the Rosie I am surprised that no-one has so far quoted the variant of this rhyme which was current in the CND and "Ban-the Bomb" movement in England in the early 1950's". "Ring-a-ring of geranium A pocketful of uranium: Hiroshima, Hiroshima, All fall down..." Peter Wood
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Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 22:05:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Donna Goldthwaite <dgold(at)javanet.com> Subject: Re: Christie >> >> Sorry, I'm just catching up on e-mail. If this has been answered, I >>shall grovel in abasement (or something). >> >>Best, >> >>Donna Goldthwaite >>dgold(at)javanet.com >======== >Sheesh, Donna! don't stay in debasment! come out and type to us! <G> > ROTFL. Thanks. Donna dgold(at)javanet.com
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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 00:14:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Sep 03
Interesting things that happened September 3rd:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1803 Prudence Crandall, controversial for efforts to educate black girls,
founder of school for "young ladies of colour"
In 1849 Sarah Orne Jewett, author
In 1856 Louis Sullivan, father of modern US architecture
In 1860 Edward A. Filene, merchant, established US credit union movement
In 1907 Andrew Brewin, Canadian lawyer, cofounder of New Democratic Party
In 1913 Alan Ladd, actor
In 1914 Dixy Lee Ray, first female governor of Washington
In 1915 Kitty Carlisle-Hart, game show panelist
Events worth noting:
In 1849 California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey.
In 1861 Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality.
In 1900 British annex Natal (South Africa).
In 1906 Yanks win second game on a forfeit over the A's (second forfeit
win).
In 1912 First cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy.
In 1916 The Allies turned back the Germans in World War I's Battle of
Verdun.
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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 09:32:23 -0500 From: Chris Carlisle <CarlislC(at)psychiatry1.wustl.edu> Subject: Re: Chat: Ring Around the Rosie Kay Douglas wrote: >You know, I'm beginning to suspect that half the "interesting" stories I >read or hear are folk mythology. In this case, however, I let the >credentials of the author telling the story (eminent entomologist May >Berenbaum) persuade me of the truth of it. I'd previously assumed that Ring >Around the Rosie was just a nonsense verse and it seems I should have stuck >with that initial impression. Thanks for setting the record straight, Kiwi! Well, it's not QUITE just a nonsense verse. If Philip Hiscock is correct, and it's a "play-party" song, then the "rosy" in question is the pretty girl in the middle. The puzzling "ashes, ashes", may derive from "asha, asha", equivalent to "hush, hush", which reminds me of the fact that Acadian dances are called "fais do-do", from the fact that little children are taken along and routinely expected to fall asleep. Kiwi Kay Douglas
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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 12:24:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Kujen(at)aol.com Subject: Re: Chat: Ring Around the Rosie In a message dated 9/3/99 10:34:35 AM, CarlislC(at)psychiatry1.wustl.edu writes: << Kay Douglas wrote: >You know, I'm beginning to suspect that half the "interesting" stories I >read or hear are folk mythology. In this case, however, I let the >credentials of the author telling the story (eminent entomologist May >Berenbaum) persuade me of the truth of it. I'd previously assumed that Ring >Around the Rosie was just a nonsense verse and it seems I should have stuck >with that initial impression. Thanks for setting the record straight, Kiwi! >> entomologist?
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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 12:28:51 -0500 From: athan chilton <ayc(at)UIUC.EDU> Subject: Re: May Berenbaum > >entomologist? Yes--May Berenbaum, of the University of Illinois, is an entomologist--and the founder of the popular "Insect Fear Film Festival" at which she attempts to educate people about insects. Part of the fun is the showing of various cheesy sci-fi films featuring monster bugs & the like. Snacks including various insects are part of the festival as well. Athan (aka Firefly, who notes that *her* sort of insect proves often fatal to those who attempt to consume one!) ayc(at)uiuc.edu
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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 11:48:02 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Bugs, rhymes, and the Internet
Yesterday was the thirtieth anniversary of the Internet. On that day in 1969,
two California universities communicated with each other via computer.
The best bug movie, and a timeless subject it is, is _Microcosmos_. It's simply
superb closeup photography; it even had theatrical release in Canada. I am
recommending it for our Library since we fill the classes with children in the
summer (like a day camp) and have nothing appropriate to show them on rainy
days.
I see also that _A dog of Flanders_ (1998) has come to town. I was looking for
info on this a month ago.
And Carroll B. wrote:
>What, no stories quoting or based on that strange tale,
>Who Killed Cock Robin?
But there is such a thing. I quote from Willard Huntington Wright's essay
on detective stories, "The great detectives" (1927):
>>>>
.... the novels of Harrington Hext -- The Thing at Their Heels, Who Killed Cock
Robin?, The
Monster, and Number 87. (The last is a scientific mystery story rather than a
straight detective novel.) Who Killed Cock Robin? is of conventional pattern and
technic, but its adroitness entitles it to the first rank; The Monster, for
sheer cleverness and suspense, has few equals in contemporary detective fiction;
and The Thing at Their Heels, though ignoring the accepted canons of
detective-story writing, must be placed in this category with an asterisk of
distinction marking it.
<<<<
Stephen D.
mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 11:54:34 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Etext avail: Wright's "The great detective stories"
From: Stephen Davies(at)MRC on 09/03/99 11:54 AM
To: Gaslight-announce(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
cc:
Subject: Etext avail: Wright's "The great detective stories"
(GRTDTECS.HTM) (Nonfic, Chronos)
Willard Huntington Wright's "The great detective stories" (19127, 1946 ed.)
grtdtecs.non
Next week's discussion will simply be about the essay by Willard
Huntington Wright (the literary critic) on "The great detective
stories" (1927). A portion of his essay deals with the 1920's, but
I'm extending our timeline of discussion for this week.
Please be warned, however, that the final chapter of his essay is
explicit in describing the solution to some of the mysteries which
he discusses. The "spoilers" he mentions here will be out of bounds
on Gaslight.
To retrieve all the plain ASCII files send to: ftpmail(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
with no subject heading and completely in lowercase:
open aftp.mtroyal.ab.ca
cd /gaslight
get grtdtecs.non
or visit the Gaslight website at:
http://www.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/grtdtecs.htm
Stephen D
mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 14:02:21 -0400 From: "Roberts, Leonard" <lroberts(at)email.uncc.edu> Subject: RE: Bugs, rhymes, and the Internet I did a search on the name Harrington Hext and found that it was a pseudonym of Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960). I have heard of him but do not recall ever reading anything by him. He seems to be in our era, is he worth searching out? Does anyone know his novel Children of the Mist, which is available here. Len Roberts > >What, no stories quoting or based on that strange tale, > >Who Killed Cock Robin? > > But there is such a thing. I quote from Willard Huntington Wright's > essay > on detective stories, "The great detectives" (1927): > > >>>> > .... the novels of Harrington Hext -- The Thing at Their Heels, Who Killed > Cock > Robin?, The > Monster, and Number 87. (The last is a scientific mystery story rather > than a > straight detective novel.) Who Killed Cock Robin? is of conventional > pattern and > technic, but its adroitness entitles it to the first rank; The Monster, > for > sheer cleverness and suspense, has few equals in contemporary detective > fiction; > and The Thing at Their Heels, though ignoring the accepted canons of > detective-story writing, must be placed in this category with an asterisk > of > distinction marking it. > > <<<< > > Stephen D. > mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca >
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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 14:30:04 +0300 From: cbishop(at)interlog.com (Carroll Bishop) Subject: RE: Bugs, rhymes, and the Internet >I did a search on the name Harrington Hext and found that it was a pseudonym >of Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960). I have heard of him but do not recall ever >reading anything by him. He seems to be in our era, is he worth searching >out? Does anyone know his novel Children of the Mist, which is available >here. > >Len Roberts Friend and I think collaborator at times of Arnold Bennett's, among other things. Carroll
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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 14:31:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ginger Johnson <ferret(at)eskimo.com>
Subject: Nursery Rhymes
William & Ceil Baring-Gould's Annotated Mother Goose notes for
Ten LIttle Indians that it was "written by Septimus Wilson as a song for
the American minstrel shows of the 1860s." The other version was written
in England by Frank Green.
Does anyone else own the three nursery rhyme collections illustrated by
Wallace Tripp? The first two "A Great Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied his
Horse to Me" and "Granfa' Grig Had a Pig" are the better IMHO. The third
isn't so good because most of the rhymes are modern. I giggle every time
I see the illustration for "The Grand old Duke of York" with his box of
Pachelbel Cannons.
Someone wrote a mystery called "Who Killed Cock Robin?" Craig Rice,
maybe? Did Ellery Queen write some books with nursery rhyme titles too?
Ginger Johnson
"It isn't the extravagances of life we regret, it's the economies."
- Somerville and Ross
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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 17:50:04 -0400 From: "John D. Squires" <jdsbooks(at)ameritech.net> Subject: Re: Nursery Rhymes I remember seeing a movie based on "Who Killed Cock Robbin" too. It was a mystery, in beautiful B&W & the theme song had the title for its refrain, but, alas, the other details are lost in the mist. John Squires Ginger Johnson wrote: > William & Ceil Baring-Gould's Annotated Mother Goose notes for > Ten LIttle Indians that it was "written by Septimus Wilson as a song for > the American minstrel shows of the 1860s." The other version was written > in England by Frank Green. > > Does anyone else own the three nursery rhyme collections illustrated by > Wallace Tripp? The first two "A Great Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied his > Horse to Me" and "Granfa' Grig Had a Pig" are the better IMHO. The third > isn't so good because most of the rhymes are modern. I giggle every time > I see the illustration for "The Grand old Duke of York" with his box of > Pachelbel Cannons. > > Someone wrote a mystery called "Who Killed Cock Robin?" Craig Rice, > maybe? Did Ellery Queen write some books with nursery rhyme titles too? > > Ginger Johnson > > "It isn't the extravagances of life we regret, it's the economies." > - Somerville and Ross
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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 18:00:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: Donna Goldthwaite <dgold(at)javanet.com>
Subject: Re: Today in History -- Sep 03
Greetings,
I really appreciate Bob's picking up the torch with the Today in
History postings. Although I generally scan them quickly, the following
piqued my interest:
>Interesting things that happened September 3rd:
>
>Birthdays on this date:
> In 1803 Prudence Crandall, controversial for efforts to educate black
girls,
> founder of school for "young ladies of colour"
I did a little web-searching (forgive me, I'm a liberrian, we do
these things) and found the following:
<snip>
PRUDENCE CRANDALL
1803-1890
Teacher and abolitionist known for her unsuccessful effort to run the
nation's first private secondary school for "Young Ladies
of Color."
Prudence Crandall was the daughter of Quaker parents who became a symbol in
the cause of Negro education and abolitionism.
In 1831, she opened the Canterbury Female Boarding School at the request of
local citizens. A year later she admitted Sarah
Harris (1815-1879), the daughter of a prosperous Negro farmer, who had
completed the district school and wished to train to
be a teacher. There was an explosive reaction in the community, forcing the
school to close. Crandall, however, was
determined to do what she could "to benefit the people of color" and began
to recruit pupils among middle-class Negro families
throughout the Northeast for the first boarding and teacher training school
for black young women. The town of Canterbury did
everything it could to block her efforts, finally passing a law barring the
establishment of any school that taught out-of-state
Negroes and prohibiting the teaching of "any colored people...not
inhabitants" of Connecticut. Crandall was arrested under the
terms of this act, and her case became a "cause c?l?bre" throughout the
country. She was convicted in a second trial which, was
later overturned on a technicality. Townspeople continued to vandalize the
school. After a mob assault in 1834, Crandall gave
up her fight and later moved to Illinois with her husband, the Rev. Calvin
Philleo, an abolitionist and Baptist minister. There
she conducted a school in her home and aided the movement for women's
rights. After her husband's death in 1874, she
moved to Elk Falls, Kansas, where she died of influenza. A somewhat lonely
figure in later life, she continued her interest in
the reform movements of her day. The Connecticut legislature did penance
for its earlier prosecution of Crandall by granting her
a small pension in 1886. Arguments from her trials were used in the U.S.
Supreme Court's school desegregation decision of
1954.
<snip>
FROM: http://www.ctforum.org/cwhf/crandall.htm
It appears that there is a Kansas Historical Society marker in
honor of Ms. Crandall; Connecticut (obviously suffering from a guilt
complex) has included a paragraph at the site:
<snip>
At the same roadside park is another marker:
The State of Connecticut proudly joins the State of Kansas in
honoring the lifetime
achievements of Prudence Crandall, educator and champion of human
rights. Crandall's
courage and determination serve as examples to all who face
seemingly insurmountable
odds and to those who refuse to be limited by social conventions. To
this day, her efforts
to promote equality in education remains unequaled.
The building which housed Crandall's academy in Canterbury,
Connecticut opened as a
museum in 1984 and is administered by the Connecticut Historical
Commission. The
museum's national importance was recognized in 1991 when it was
designated a National
Historic Landmark by the U. S. Department of the Interior.
This plaque was made possible through the generous donations of
citizens of the State of
Connecticut.
Prudence Crandall is buried in the Elk Falls cemetery.
<snip>
FROM: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/history/crandall.html
I had never heard of Prudence Crandall before but I shall lift a
glass in her memory this weekend.
Best,
Donna Goldthwaite (crawling out of debasement)
dgold(at)javanet.com
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Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 01:03:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Sep 04
Interesting things that happened September 4th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1768 Fran?ois Ren? de Chateaubriand, French poet, novelist, statesman
In 1802 Marcus Whitman, missionary
In 1803 Sarah Childress Polk, first lady
In 1810 Donald McKay, US naval architect, builder of fastest clipper ships
In 1824 Anton Bruckner (in Austria), Wagner disciple
In 1846 Daniel Burnham, American architect, built skyscrapers
In 1872 Darius Milhaud, composer
In 1901 Paul Osborn, playwright
In 1908 Richard Wright, American author (Native Son, Uncle Tom's Children)
In 1917 Henry Ford II, businessman
In 1918 Paul Harvey, news commentator
In 1919 Howard Morris
Events worth noting:
In 1781 Los Angeles founded in the Valley of Smokes (Indian Name).
In 1833 The first newsboy in the US hired (Barney Flaherty), by the NY Sun.
In 1862 North Beach and Mission Railway Company organized in S.F.
In 1864 Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama.
In 1866 First daily newspaper in Hawaii published.
In 1870 French republic proclaimed.
In 1882 First district lit by electricty (NY's Pearl Street Station).
In 1885 The first cafeteria opens for business, in New York City.
In 1886 Geronimo, Apache indian, finally surrenders ending last major US-
Indian war.
In 1888 George Eastman patents first rollfilm camera and registers "Kodak."
In 1911 Garros sets world altitude record of 4,250 m (13,944 ft).
In 1918 US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months.
In 1920 Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria).
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Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 11:14:08 -0400 (EDT) From: "Peter E. Blau" <pblau(at)dgs.dgsys.com> Subject: about legionnaires, and nursery rhymes ... Most nursery rhymes predate the Gaslight era, but their history can be great fun indeed, and I heartily recommend THE ANNOTATED MOTHER GOOSE, by William S. Baring-Gould and Ceil Baring-Gould (New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1962). And yes, that's the same William S. Baring-Gould whose THE ANNOTATED SHER- LOCK HOLMES is such a delight. Agatha Christie's book, by the way, has three titles, the most recent being AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, adopted because the title TEN LITTLE INDIANS was perceived to be offensive. And TEN LITTLE INDIANS was used because the first title of the book (which employed the N-word) was perceived to be offensive. || Peter E. Blau <pblau(at)dgs.dgsys.com> || || 3900 Tunlaw Road NW #119 || || Washington, DC 20007-4830 || || (202-338-1808) ||
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Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 00:44:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Sep 05
Birthdays on this date:
In 1847 Jesse James (in Missouri), outlaw (president and CEO of James Gang)
In 1897 Arthur C. Nielsen, marketing research engineer
In 1902 Darryl F. Zanuck, Hollywood producer and motion picture executive
In 1905 Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-born writer (Darkness at Noon)
In 1912 John Cage, composer (Silence)
Events worth noting:
In 1836 Sam Houston is elected president of the Republic of Texas.
In 1862 Lee crosses the Potomac and enters Maryland.
In 1882 10,000 workers marched in the first Labor Day parade in New York
City.
In 1885 First gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer.
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Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 14:49:16 -0500 From: Ann Hilgeman <eahilg(at)seark.net> Subject: A query for Deborah McMillion Nering I'm thinking about including Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews in an article I'm developing on women who wrote about the South. Can you point me in the direction of some biographical information? Thanks, Ann Hilgeman
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Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 16:51:41 -0400 (EDT) From: LoracLegid(at)aol.com Subject: RE: First Gasoline Pump In 1885 First gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer. (Today in history, 9/5/99) "Fuel for the Imagination," memorabilia and collectibles from American gas stations of the past will be on exhibit through September 19 at the Franklin Mint Museum, U.S. 1 near Philadelphia, PA. 610 459-6582 Carol Digel
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Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 14:36:04 -0700 From: Deborah McMillion Nering <deborah(at)alice.gloaming.com> Subject: Re: A query for Deborah McMillion Nering >I'm thinking about including Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews in an article I'm >developing on women who wrote about the South. Can you point me in the >direction of some biographical information? I got Andrews' story from a book called MORE GHOSTS FROM DIXIE. It had a brief paragraph on her (do you have that?--if not I can requote). It wasn't much though. This site also has a great deal of literary material from the South and I'm sure they would be able to point you to better specifics. http://metalab.unc.edu/docsouth/ Hope this helps and I would be glad to requote the short bio I have. Deborah Deborah McMillion deborah(at)gloaming.com http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 02:01:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Sep 06
Interesting things that happened September 6th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1805 Horatio Greenough, American neoclassical sculptor, writer
In 1811 James Melville Gilliss, founded Naval Observatory in Washington
In 1814 Sir George Cartier (C), Canadian co-prmie minister (1858-62)
In 1860 Jane Addams, American pacifist/social worker/feminist (Nobel 1931)
In 1888 Joseph P. Kennedy, financier, diplomat
In 1899 Billy Rose, theatrical producer
Events worth noting:
In 1839 Great fire in NY.
In 1862 Stonewall Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland.
In 1863 After 59 day siege, Confederates evacuate Ft. Wagner, SC.
In 1869 The first westbound train arrives in San Francisco.
In 1873 Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street in San Francisco.
In 1876 Southern Pacific line from Los Angeles to San Francisco completed.
In 1901 Pres McKinley shot and critically wounded in Buffalo, NY. He died
eight days later.
In 1909 Word received, Adm. Peary discovered the North Pole five months ago.
In 1910 Saskatchewan (then Regina) Roughriders formed.
In 1914 Battle of the Marne; Germans prevented from occupying Paris.
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Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 12:56:45 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time) From: Chris Willis <c.willis(at)bbk.ac.uk> Subject: Lady Audley's Secret on TV Hi! A tv adaptation of "Lady Audley's Secret" is scheduled to be shown on ITV in Spring 2000. I'll be putting further details on the Braddon website as soon as I get them. The website is at: http://www.chriswillis.freeserve.co.uk/Braddon.html All the best Chris
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Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 10:58:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Donna Goldthwaite <dgold(at)javanet.com> Subject: Forward: Review: Early German & Austrian Detective Fiction Hi, Gaslighters might be interested in the following review recently posted on DorothyL. Ms. Villines kindly gave me permission to forward it. The book is an anthology of nineteenth-century German detective stories in translation. Enjoy. Donna Goldthwaite dgold(at)javanet.com >Mime-version: 1.0 >X-Priority: 3 >Approved-By: Sharon Villines <sharonvillines(at)PRODIGY.NET> >Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 22:49:48 -0400 >Reply-To: Sharon Villines <sharonvillines(at)prodigy.net> >Sender: Mystery Literature E-conference <DOROTHYL(at)LISTSERV.KENT.EDU> >From: Sharon Villines <sharonvillines(at)prodigy.net> >Subject: Review: Early German & Austrian Detective Fiction >To: DOROTHYL(at)LISTSERV.KENT.EDU >Status: U > >Early German and Austrian Detective Fiction: An Anthology >Translated and Edited by Mary W. Tannert and Henry Kratz. > >Mary Tannert is a German translator and professor of German. Henry Kratz is >Professor Emeritus of Germanic Languages and Literature. > >This is an excellent anthology of superb stories, beautifully translated. >(Actually since I haven't read the sources, I should say rendered in >exceptionally beautiful English.) They are excellent examples of the genre >of detective fiction and readers who appreciate 19th and early-20th century >genre fiction will welcome them. > >The text includes a general introduction on the literary development of the >genre and a critical discussion of the German-language stories. Rather than >an analysis of the rise of the genre in relation to the development of >police forces, the authors look at the decline of torture as an acceptable >determiner of guilt and the rise of the courts with judges and juries as an >early influence. > >Originally published between 1828 and 1909 the stories are firmly structured >as detective fiction including examples of deductive reasoning and use of >forensic evidence that predate works previously known in the English >language. The Caliber by Adolph Mullner, originally published as a novella >in 1828, is a masterpiece of deductive reasoning and uses analysis of the >caliber of a bullet as proof of guilt and innocence. > >Auguste Groner, a woman, introduces the first German series police >detective, Joseph Muller, in a work from 1893. Groner wrote more than three >dozen detective novels and novellas between the late 1980s and 1927. > >Includes stories by six authors: Adolph M?llner, Otto Ludwig, Adolf >>Streckfuss, Auguste Groner, Maximilian B?ttcher, and Baldwin Groller; each >with a one-two page biographical and critical introduction. Bibliographical >references, pp. 243-244. > >Since this is a small press book it is expensive--$45 in library binding, >small print, and good paper--and worth every penny. With hardcover books >selling at $25, this one has three times the content. > >These are newly available stories that will lead you to new authors and a >new view of the origins and development of detective fiction. Particularly >when you remember that in the period covered, it was much more common for >educated people (meaning writers) to read several languages. French and >German were considered as, or even more essential than English. > >Librarians please take note--this one is a good purchase that will not in >all likelihood be reviewed widely. > >Because this is a small press I'll include the address and phone number: > >McFarland & Co. Publishers. North Carolina and London >Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640 >336-246-4460. Orders: 1-800-253-2187 > >-- > >Sharon Villines, Editor >MacGuffin Guide to Detective Fiction >http://www.macguffin.net >
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Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 00:28:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Sep 07
Interesting things that happened September 7th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1829 August Kekule von Stradonitz, discovered structure of benzene ring
In 1836 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal), British P.M. (1905-08)
In 1860 Grandma Moses, American primitive painter
In 1908 Dr. Michael E. De Bakey, artificial heart pioneer
+ Paul Brown, coach of Cleveland Browns (1946-62), Cincinnati
In 1909 Elia Kazan, director
In 1913 Anthony Quayle, actor (Anne of 1000 Days, Lawrence of Arabia)
In 1914 James Van Allen, discovered radiation belts
In 1923 Peter Lawford, actor, ratpack member (Mrs. Miniver, Little Women,
Ocean's Eleven)
Events worth noting:
In 1822 Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day).
In 1863 Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass.
In 1880 George Ligowsky of Cincinnati is granted a patent for his device to
throw clay pigeons for trapshooters.
In 1892 James J. Corbett kayos John L. Sullivan in round 21 at New Orleans.
In 1896 First closed-circuit auto race, at Cranston, R.I.
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Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 04:26:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Zozie(at)aol.com Subject: Re: Today in History -- Sep 07 Another birthday... popular novelist Taylor Caldwell, born 1900. phoebe
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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 01:09:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Sep 08
Interesting things that happened September 8th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1830 Fre?d?ric Mistral, Proven?al poet (Nobel 1904)
In 1841 Antoni?n Dvoa?k (in Nelahozeves, Czech.), composer (New World
Symphony)
In 1889 Robert A. Taft, former U.S. Senator
In 1900 Claude D. Pepper, Democratic congressman from Florida
In 1914 Hillary Brooke, actress, Abbott and Costello's neighbor
[Bob: Has anyone on the list read anything by Mistral? Was he solely a
poet?
I would add to the Dvorak listing the String Quartet No. 12, the
"American" Quartet. Wonderful stuff.)
Events worth noting:
In 1858 Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people.
In 1860 Loss of steamer Lady Elgin.
In 1863 47 Texas volunteers repel Federal invasion force at Sabine Pass, TX.
In 1883 Northern Pacific RR's last spike driven at Independence Creek, Mont.
In 1920 First US Air Mail service begins.
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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 07:22:04 -0400 (EDT) From: LoracLegid(at)aol.com Subject: RE: F.O.C. Darley (1821-1888) On August 28 Bob Champ wrote: <<Chadds Ford is a name closely associated with another great American illustrator, N. C. Wyeth. Do you know, Carol, if Wyeth ever expressed any views on Darley?>> Bob, I'm still working on this. The following was taken from an online cameo description of the Brandywine River Museum. American Illustration A major portion of the region's heritage is American illustration. The first illustrator of note was the famous F.O.C. Darley, who left New York in 1859 to settle just north of Wilmington, Delaware. A few decades later, Howard Pyle, who is often called "the Father of American Illustration," also began to work in the Brandywine Valley. Pyle established an extraordinarily influential art school in Wilmington and Chadds Ford, where he trained dozens of artists, including major illustrators such as N.C. Wyeth, Harvey Dunn, Jessie Willcox Smith and Frank Schoonover. Pyle and many of his students are represented in the Brandywine River Museum. American illustration is a major component of the museum's collection. Among the hundreds of illustrators represented are early 20th-century giants such as Edwin Austin Abbey, Winslow Homer, Howard Chandler Christy, Charles Dana Gibson, Rose O'Neill, Maxfield Parrish, and Rockwell Kent: late 20th-century cartoonists, such as Al Hirschfeld, Charles Addams, Edward Gorey and Charles Schultz; and other illustrators such as Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), Charles Santore and Nancy Eckholm Burkert. These are only some of the diverse talents revealed in an illustration collection that also includes Reginald Marsh, George Bellows and Frederic Remington. Three Generations of Wyeth Art N.C. Wyeth was profoundly affected by the Brandywine Valley when he arrived here to study with Howard Pyle in 1902. He married, settled in Chadds Ford, raised a family, and within a decade established himself among America's foremost illustrators with work featured in magazines and newspapers and in numerous very popular books. Several of his best-known illustrations, including ten works from Treasure Island along with works from Kidnapped, The Black Arrow, The Boy's King Arthur, The Last of the Mohicans and other Scribners' classics, are frequently on view at the museum. Wyeth is also represented here by fine still life and landscape paintings and portraits. <A HREF="http://www.tfaoi.com/permc/perm14.htm">The Brandywine River Museum </A> http://www.tfaoi.com/permc/perm14.htm Pitz, in "The Brandywine Tradition" wrote much about Darley and more about Pyle and the Wyeths. Pitz said that Pyle was influenced by Darley, but in the broad sense as an artist, not "style." Pyle was exposed to books illustrated by Darley at the age of seven. An exhibit of Darley's works opens at the museum September 11. Carol Digel LoracLegid(at)aol.com www.focdarley.org
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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 08:11:07 +0300 From: cbishop(at)interlog.com (Carroll Bishop) Subject: Re: Today in History -- Sep 08 >[Bob: Has anyone on the list read anything by Mistral? Was he solely a >poet? Bob -- Mistral was a leader of the movement to preserve Provencal language (langue d'oc) and culture, and among other things started various Provencal reviews, worked for years on a langue d'oc dictionary, encouraged folk festivals, etc. When I visited Arles some years ago I went to a folk museum which I found enchanting and brought back a book about an artist and friend of Mistral's, Leo Lelee -- I think he illustrated some of Mistral's work. Lelee did enchanting, art nouveau-ish paintings celebrating Arlesien people, costumes, culture. I've never read any Mistral -- but I like the idea of the language of the trouveres and troubadours being kept alive by a poet. Brittanica's description of his poetry is intriguing. Carroll (cbishop(at)interlog.com)
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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 08:36:44 +0300 From: cbishop(at)interlog.com (Carroll Bishop) Subject: Re: Today in History -- Sep 08 >I've never read any Mistral -- but I like the idea of the language of >the trouveres and troubadours being kept alive by a poet. I knew I should check that. The trouveres were the somewhat later poets who wrote/sang in the _langue d'oil_ of northern and central France. "Largely influenced by the southern troubadours," says Brittanica. Carroll (cbishop(at)interlog.com)
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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 09:33:27 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Composers of summer <WAS: Today in History -- Sep 08>
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The chronologically expressive Bob C. writes:
>Birthdays on this date:
> In 1841 Antoni
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>I would add to the Dvorak listing the String Quartet No. 12, the
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