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Enjoying a good work of literature entails getting lost. Vast and foreign is the journey, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. If the book is good, then the intelligence that guides us through the story will appear many degrees superior to our own.
Bryan Basamanowicz, “From the Library of Your Soul-Mate: The Unique Social Bond of Literature.” (via millionsmillions)
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May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books.
Thomas Carlyle, via http://book-aesthete.tumblr.com/
A delightful collection of photos from 1939, showcasing various notable artists. Includes a selection of FSA (Farm Security Administration) photos.
A beautiful 2 volume set on the religion of ancient Egypt from 1911.
From 1881. Ya know, before we had the internet to keep us in the know.
“Firearm Blueing and Browning” by R.H. Angier
A Samworth Book on Firearms.
Stackpole Books (1936)
A spiffy shadow from the sun in today’s window.
“Nest: A Quarterly of Interiors.” No. 6
1999