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<p>CFP: GIFCon 2026 – The Technologies of the Fantastic<br>Glasgow International Fantasy Conversations<br>13–15 May, online</p><p>GIFCon invites the consideration of the technologies of fantasy. The organisers are particularly interested in submissions from PG & early career researchers, & welcome proposals from researchers whose work focuses on marginalised communities & subjects</p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/2025/12/15/gifcon-2026-the-technologies-of-the-fantastic-call-for-papers/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/2025/12/15/gifcon-2026-the-technologies-of-the-fantastic-call-for-papers/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.ph</span><span class="invisible">p/2025/12/15/gifcon-2026-the-technologies-of-the-fantastic-call-for-papers/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a> <a href="/tags/callforpapers/" rel="tag">#callforpapers</a></p>

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<p>English poet and novelist Letitia Elizabeth Landon died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1838.</p><p>Her first major breakthrough came with The Improvisatrice and thence she developed the metrical romance towards the Victorian ideal of the Victorian monologue, influencing fellow English writers such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson and Christina Rossetti.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letitia_Elizabeth_Landon" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letitia_Elizabeth_Landon"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letitia_</span><span class="invisible">Elizabeth_Landon</span></a></p><p>Books about Letitia Elizabeth Landon at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56166" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56166</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838); variation of the original painting by Daniel Maclise.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L.E.L.) was a renowned English poet and novelist of the early 19th century, known for her Romantic works. In the portrait by Daniel Maclise, she is depicted with a delicate and refined appearance, typical of Romantic portraiture of the time. The original shows her seated gracefully, with soft curls framing her face, gazing thoughtfully into the distance. Her attire consists of elegant 19th-century clothing, with rich textures and details.

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<p>Dictionary of the Oldest Written Language–It Took 90 Years to Complete, and It’s Now Free Online</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2026/01/dictionary-of-the-oldest-written-language-free-online.html#google_vignette" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openculture.com/2026/01/dictionary-of-the-oldest-written-language-free-online.html#google_vignette"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openculture.com/2026/01/di</span><span class="invisible">ctionary-of-the-oldest-written-language-free-online.html#google_vignette</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/language/" rel="tag">#language</a></p>

Reading glasses on top of an open dictionary

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1892.</p><p>The first collection of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories from The Strand Magazine (June 1891–June 1892), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, is published by George Newnes in London; it includes Doyle's favourite, "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", which was originally published in February.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holmes" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holmes"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adve</span><span class="invisible">ntures_of_Sherlock_Holmes</span></a></p><p>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1661" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/1661</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Illustration of the Sherlock Holmes short story The Speckled Band, which appeared in The Strand Magazine in February, 1892. Original caption was "WHICH OF YOU IS HOLMES?"

Sidney Paget (1860 - 1908)

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1926.</p><p>The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne first appears, published by Methuen in London.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh_(book)#" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh_(book)#"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-t</span><span class="invisible">he-Pooh_(book)#</span></a></p><p>Winnie-the-Pooh's entrance into the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2022 was noted by several news publications, generally in the context of a greater Public Domain Day article.</p><p><a href="https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2022/#fn6text" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2022/#fn6text"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdo</span><span class="invisible">mainday/2022/#fn6text</span></a></p><p>Winnie-the-Pooh at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/67098" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/67098</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

First edition cover

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<p>The ecstatic swoon</p><p>As Stendhal knew, the reason for art is to make you feel. Do not try to grasp the artwork: allow it to grasp you instead</p><p>by Robert D Zaretsky</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/what-stendhal-says-about-the-purpose-and-promise-of-art?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=048e2ed722-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/what-stendhal-says-about-the-purpose-and-promise-of-art?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=048e2ed722-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/what-stendhal-s</span><span class="invisible">ays-about-the-purpose-and-promise-of-art?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=048e2ed722-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait de Stendhal par Ducis, 1835, Bibliothèque Sormani, Milan. Portrait mélancolique.

An 1835 oil portrait of French writer Stendhal by Johan-Nepomuk Ender (attributed to Ducis), housed at the Bibliothèque Sormani in Milan. The melancholic portrait shows the author of "The Red and the Black" in dark formal attire against a muted green background, holding an elegant walking stick, capturing his contemplative demeanor during his mature years.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stendhal_par_Ducis.jpg

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<p>“You are standing in a high, dim stone vault. There is a thick soundlessness, as in a recording studio, or a strongroom.”</p><p>—Kathleen Jamie visits Maeshowe chambered cairn at midwinter, for the London Review of Books, 2003</p><p>1/5</p><p><a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v25/n24/kathleen-jamie/into-the-dark" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v25/n24/kathleen-jamie/into-the-dark"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v25/n2</span><span class="invisible">4/kathleen-jamie/into-the-dark</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/midwinter/" rel="tag">#midwinter</a> <a href="/tags/solstice/" rel="tag">#solstice</a> <a href="/tags/orkney/" rel="tag">#Orkney</a> <a href="/tags/archaeology/" rel="tag">#archaeology</a> <a href="/tags/prehistory/" rel="tag">#prehistory</a> <a href="/tags/neolithic/" rel="tag">#neolithic</a></p>

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<p>He has gone down into darkness at the wrecked end of the year<br>And is lying, gaberlunzie, in the needled nest of frost… </p><p>—Gerry Cambridge, “Processional at the Winter Solstice”<br>published in Notes for Lighting a Fire (HappenStance Press 2012)</p><p><a href="https://happenstancepress.com/index.php/shop/product/4-notes-for-lighting-a-fire-gerry-cambridge/category_pathway-12" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="happenstancepress.com/index.php/shop/product/4-notes-for-lighting-a-fire-gerry-cambridge/category_pathway-12"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">happenstancepress.com/index.ph</span><span class="invisible">p/shop/product/4-notes-for-lighting-a-fire-gerry-cambridge/category_pathway-12</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/midwinter/" rel="tag">#midwinter</a> <a href="/tags/solstice/" rel="tag">#solstice</a></p>

Processional at the Winter Solstice
by Gerry Cambridge

He has gone down into darkness at the wrecked end of the year
And is lying, gaberlunzie, in the needled nest of frost.
The arctic thrushes call for him although he cannot hear,

And the worm too understands him in the chilled grip of its dark,
And the ptarmigan in blizzards where no thought is worth a crumb,
And treecreepers in shivering puffs in Wellingtonias’ bark.

Shop windows glint in city lights like ice and sky, but still
No tinsel gifts can touch him, freed to silence like a stone’s;
His face is white as paper’s white in miles-high midnight chill.

He lies as plain as frost-dust where those starving thrushes call,
And his lime and ray-struck armoury could hardly be less small
On the anvil of beginnings in the sun’s gate on the wall.

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<p>Virginia Woolf Thought Katharine Mansfield Stank Like a “Civet Cat Taken to Streetwalking”</p><p>Gerri Kimber on the Literary Legacy of an Early Master of the Short Form</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/virginia-woolf-thought-katharine-mansfield-stank-like-a-civet-cat-taken-to-streetwalking/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/virginia-woolf-thought-katharine-mansfield-stank-like-a-civet-cat-taken-to-streetwalking/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/virginia-woolf-thou</span><span class="invisible">ght-katharine-mansfield-stank-like-a-civet-cat-taken-to-streetwalking/</span></a></p><p>Mansfield & Woolf at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/631" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/631"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/631</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/89</span></a></p><p>#<a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Katherine Mansfield, a New Zealand-writer of short stories. Picture taken 1912.

A 1912 photograph of Katherine Mansfield, the acclaimed New Zealand short story writer. The formal portrait shows Mansfield during her early literary career, before she became one of the modernist movement's most influential voices in short fiction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Mansfield#/media/File:Mansfield1.jpg

Portrait of Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941), a British author and feminist, with her chignon. By George Charles Beresford.

The 1902 portrait by George Charles Beresford captures Virginia striking image, with her famous chignon, reflecting her distinctive style and the aesthetics of the time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolf#/media/File:George_Charles_Beresford_-_Virginia_Woolf_in_1902_-_Restoration.jpg

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<p>Rare public display for Mary Queen of Scots' final letter</p><p>The public are to be given a rare chance to see the last letter by Mary Queen of Scots, which was written just hours before she was beheaded.</p><p>by Cara Berkley</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4nzy3r5zyo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4nzy3r5zyo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg</span><span class="invisible">4nzy3r5zyo</span></a></p><p>Mary Queen of Scots at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Mary+Queen+of+Scots" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Mary+Queen+of+Scots"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=Mary+Queen+of+Scots</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

La mort de Marie Stuart, 19th-century painting by Abel de Pujol

The painting is centered around Mary, who is portrayed with an expression of a mix of resignation and strength.

The painting reflects the tragic fate of Mary, who was executed in 1587 after being imprisoned for years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots#/media/File:Execution-of-Mary-Queen-of-Scots.jpg

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<p>Books & Looks: Val McDermid</p><p>How does a legendary crime writer find inspiration in the darkest, coldest months of the year? Blaine DeSantis chats with author Val McDermid about stepping outside her fiction comfort zone to write her new non-fiction book, WINTER</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBFKuMubX5w" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBFKuMubX5w"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBFKuM</span><span class="invisible">ubX5w</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/valmcdermid/" rel="tag">#ValMcDermid</a></p>

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1911.</p><p>German novelist Hans Fallada, kills his best friend in a suicide pact staged as a duel.</p><p>Fallada made a pact with a friend, Hanns Dietrich von Necker, to stage a duel to mask their suicides, feeling that the duel would be seen as more honorable. However, because of both boys' inexperience with weapons, it was a bungled affair. Dietrich missed Fallada, but Fallada did not miss Dietrich, killing him. </p><p>Hans Fallada at Projekt Gutenberg-DE<br><a href="https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/autoren/namen/fallada.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.projekt-gutenberg.org/autoren/namen/fallada.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.projekt-gutenberg.org/auto</span><span class="invisible">ren/namen/fallada.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

German writer Hans Fallada (1893–1947), depicted in Bonniers litterära magasin Nr.6, 1936.

In the image, Fallada appears as a middle-aged man with a solid, slightly rounded face. His expression is calm yet intense, reflecting a contemplative nature and the inner turmoil often associated with his life and writing. His eyes, framed by slightly heavy eyelids, have a distant, introspective gaze, as if lost in thought. His short, dark hair is combed neatly, and his face bears a mustache, common to his appearance in the 1930s.

Fallada's attire is formal but modest, in keeping with the style of the time. He is dressed in a suit with a high-collared shirt and a simple tie, perhaps signaling his role as a respected writer while also hinting at his working-class sensibilities. The black-and-white portrait from Bonniers litterära magasin emphasizes sharp contrasts, with Fallada's face and suit emerging starkly from the background, highlighting his features with a sense of gravity and weight.

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<p>"The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1847.</p><p>Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is published (as "an autobiography, edited by Currer Bell") in London by Smith, Elder & Co. in 3 volumes.</p><p>The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Eyre" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Eyre"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Eyr</span><span class="invisible">e</span></a></p><p>Jane Eyre at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1260" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/1260</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

The title page to the original publication of Jane Eyre, including Brontë's pseudonym "Currer Bell".

St John Rivers admits Jane to Moor House, illustration by F. H. Townsend

F. H. Townsend, 1868-1920 - http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1260/1260-h/images/

"Hush, Hannah! I have a word to say to the woman.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1917.</p><p>The 51-year-old poet W. B. Yeats marries 25-year-old Georgie Hyde-Lees at Harrow Road register office in London, with Ezra Pound as best man, a couple of months after Yeats' proposal of marriage to his ex-mistress's daughter, Iseult Gonne, is rejected.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._B._Yeats#Marriage_to_Georgie_Hyde-Lees" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._B._Yeats#Marriage_to_Georgie_Hyde-Lees"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._B._Ye</span><span class="invisible">ats#Marriage_to_Georgie_Hyde-Lees</span></a></p><p>Books by W. B. Yeats at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1719" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1719"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1719</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Walter de la Mare, Bertha Georgie Yeats (née Hyde-Lees), William Butler Yeats, unknown woman, summer 1930; photo by Lady Ottoline Morrell.

In the image, the group is outdoors, likely in a garden or rural setting, characteristic of Lady Ottoline's gatherings at her homes. The lighting is soft, typical of an English summer, lending a relaxed and somewhat nostalgic quality to the photograph.

Walter de la Mare, the English poet and author, stands or sits calmly, perhaps slightly to one side.

Bertha Georgie Yeats (née Hyde-Lees), the wife of William Butler Yeats, appears in the photograph with a sense of quiet elegance.

William Butler Yeats, the famed Irish poet, stands or sits prominently in the image, his distinctive features easily recognizable.

The unknown woman is present alongside the others, her identity and role a mystery, adding an air of intrigue to the photograph.

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<p>Among the Sleuths: Looking for Answers at the Nancy Drew Convention</p><p>Jadie Stillwell and Nicole Blackwood on the Mystery of the Missing Discernible Character Traits</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/among-the-sleuths-looking-for-answers-at-the-nancy-drew-convention/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KE5W7XNRXXS2MZDKNH70YJS5&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/among-the-sleuths-looking-for-answers-at-the-nancy-drew-convention/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KE5W7XNRXXS2MZDKNH70YJS5&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/among-the-sleuths-l</span><span class="invisible">ooking-for-answers-at-the-nancy-drew-convention/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KE5W7XNRXXS2MZDKNH70YJS5&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Carolyn Keene at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/58985" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/58985"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/58985</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Cover page of The hidden staircase by Carolyn Keene, illustratated by Russell H. Tandy.

At the top of the cover, "Nancy Drew Mystery Stories" appears in a stylized script font in yellow/gold lettering. Below this, the title "THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE" is displayed prominently in bold, uppercase blue letters.

The cover features an illustration showing Nancy Drew descending a mysterious hidden staircase.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77602/pg77602-images.html

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<p>In November 1873.</p><p>The children's periodical St. Nicholas Magazine begins publication by Scribner and Company in New York under the editorship of Mary Mapes Dodge. </p><p>Books by Mary Mapes Dodge at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/402" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/402"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/402</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

St Nicholas-cover

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<p>Dutch author and poet Isabelle de Charrière, known as Belle van Zuylen, was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1740.</p><p>She is now best known for her letters and novels, although she also wrote pamphlets, music and plays. She took a keen interest in the society and politics of her age, and her work around the time of the French Revolution is regarded as being of particular interest.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_de_Charri%C3%A8re" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_de_Charri%C3%A8re"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle</span><span class="invisible">_de_Charri%C3%A8re</span></a></p><p>Books by Isabelle de Charrière at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Isabelle+de+Charri%C3%A8re&submit_search=Go%21" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Isabelle+de+Charri%C3%A8re&submit_search=Go%21"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Isabelle+de+Charri%C3%A8re&submit_search=Go%21</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Isabelle de Charrière by Jens Juel, (1777), Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Neuchâtel.

Jens Juel - http://www.charriere.nl/images/juel.htm [1]

Isabelle de Charrière, born Isabelle Agneta Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken, known as Belle de Zuylen (1740-1805)

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<p>Anette Degott’s talk ‘“No Extra Words” – The Scottish Poet Norman MacCaig (1910–1996)’, recorded on 16 December</p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3OGDm8x6ak" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3OGDm8x6ak"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3OGDm</span><span class="invisible">8x6ak</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/normanmaccaig/" rel="tag">#NormanMacCaig</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a></p>

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<p>German novelist and translator Dorothea von Schlegel was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1764.</p><p>She met the poet & critic Friedrich von Schlegel in the salon of her friend Henriette Herz in 1797, after which Dorothea divorced Simon Veit in 1799.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_von_Schlegel" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_von_Schlegel"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea</span><span class="invisible">_von_Schlegel</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Dorothea von Schlegel; portrait by Anton Graff (c.1790) Anton Graff - Own work, anagoria

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<p>A controversial bestseller</p><p>Michael Gold's bestselling novel Jews Without Money depicts the plight of poor East European immigrants in New York. It resonated with readers in 1930 facing not-yet-fully-acknowledged impacts of the Depression.<br> <br>By John Mark Ockerbloom</p><p><a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/21/a-controversial-bestseller/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/21/a-controversial-bestseller/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">everybodyslibraries.com/2025/1</span><span class="invisible">2/21/a-controversial-bestseller/</span></a></p><p>More information:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews_without_Money" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews_without_Money"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews_wit</span><span class="invisible">hout_Money</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#publicDomainDayCountdown</a></p>

Cover of the 1930 novel Jews without Money by Michael Gold

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews_without_Money#/media/File:Cover_of_the_1930_novel_Jews_without_Money_by_Michael_Gold.jpg

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<p>SAILMAKER by Alan Spence<br>March/April 2026, multiple venues<br>Presented by The Gaiety Theatre in association with the Beacon Arts Centre</p><p>A poignant, poetic, & deeply human play that explores themes of family, grief, masculinity, & working-class life in Glasgow.</p><p><a href="https://thegaiety.co.uk/events/sailmaker-by-alan-spence-presented-by-the-gaiety-in-association-with-beacon-arts-centre/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thegaiety.co.uk/events/sailmaker-by-alan-spence-presented-by-the-gaiety-in-association-with-beacon-arts-centre/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thegaiety.co.uk/events/sailmak</span><span class="invisible">er-by-alan-spence-presented-by-the-gaiety-in-association-with-beacon-arts-centre/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/drama/" rel="tag">#drama</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

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<p>It is late January and at last the snow.<br>I lie back dreaming about Glencoe<br>as fluent, hungry, dressed in red,<br>you climb up and over me…</p><p>—Andrew Greig, “The Winter Climbing”<br>Published in Getting Higher: The Complete Mountain Poems (Polygon, 2011)</p><p><a href="https://birlinn.co.uk/product/getting-higher-2/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="birlinn.co.uk/product/getting-higher-2/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">birlinn.co.uk/product/getting-</span><span class="invisible">higher-2/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/mountains/" rel="tag">#mountains</a> <a href="/tags/mountaineering/" rel="tag">#mountaineering</a> <a href="/tags/climbing/" rel="tag">#climbing</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/glencoe/" rel="tag">#Glencoe</a></p>

The Winter Climbing
Andrew Greig

It is late January and at last the snow.
I lie back dreaming about Glencoe
as fluent, hungry, dressed in red,
you climb up and over me. That passion
claimed the darkest, useless months
for risk and play. You rise
up on me, I rise through you ...

The shadowed face of Aonach Dubh
where Mal first took me climbing
and as we clanked exhausted, happy,
downwards through the dark, I asked
“What route was that?” “Call it
what you want – it’s new.”

You reach the top and exit out;
from way above, your cry comes down.
The rope pulls tight. What shall we call
this new thing we’re about?
These days we live in taking
care and chances. Why name it?
My heart is in my mouth as I shout Climbing ...

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<p>Did Charles Dickens see A Christmas Carol as an anti-slavery story?</p><p>A Christmas Carol is usually read as a Victorian morality tale about capitalism and compassion. Yet an autographed script written by Charles Dickens during the American Civil War raises the possibility he may also have understood the story as speaking to the cause of ending slavery in the US.</p><p>By Lucy Whitehead</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/did-charles-dickens-see-a-christmas-carol-as-an-anti-slavery-story-272292" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/did-charles-dickens-see-a-christmas-carol-as-an-anti-slavery-story-272292"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/did-charle</span><span class="invisible">s-dickens-see-a-christmas-carol-as-an-anti-slavery-story-272292</span></a></p><p>Christmas Carol at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

"The Ghost of Christmas Present" from the original edition, 1843

Scrooge's third visitor, from Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. With Illustrations by John Leech. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First edition. This image is one of four hand-coloured etchings included in the first edition.

The illustration depicts the Ghost of Christmas Present as a jolly giant robed in green, surrounded by festive abundance including food and drink.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol#/media/File:Scrooges_third_visitor-John_Leech,1843.jpg

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<p>"Art is at least in part a way of collecting information about the universe. "<br>The Strange Necessity: Essays and Reviews (1928)</p><p>~Rebecca West, born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1892.</p><p>About Rebecca West:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_West" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_West"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_</span><span class="invisible">West</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Rebecca West papers.

The image is a black-and-white, grainy portrait photograph, likely from the early 20th century. It shows a young woman in close-up, facing slightly to the viewer’s left, with a calm, serious, and introspective expression. Her gaze is steady and directed just past the camera.

She wears an ornate, beaded headpiece that fits closely around her head and extends down the sides, with strands of beads hanging near her ears. Her hair is mostly concealed beneath it. She is dressed in a dark garment with a simple neckline, which contrasts with her pale complexion and draws attention to her face.

https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/highlights/rebecca-west-papers

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<p>At Marcel Proust's table</p><p>To immerse oneself in In Search of Lost Time is a bit like becoming a guest of the narrator. The table plays a significant role in the novel, perpetuating a distinctly French literary tradition, evident at least since Rabelais.</p><p>By Junko Meguro</p><p><a href="https://essentiels.bnf.fr/fr/article/bf46724d-829b-4391-85e1-2efbce656fd6-table-marcel-proust?fbclid=IwVERFWAO0ipZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeuo9WZsk_SJ-_hI_7LiBjP3WDozkF_DuWHzmybBHIoHBBGBObdz9YFDA0FKM_aem_-N3e4IEhNZb99CCDERQs_g" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="essentiels.bnf.fr/fr/article/bf46724d-829b-4391-85e1-2efbce656fd6-table-marcel-proust?fbclid=IwVERFWAO0ipZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeuo9WZsk_SJ-_hI_7LiBjP3WDozkF_DuWHzmybBHIoHBBGBObdz9YFDA0FKM_aem_-N3e4IEhNZb99CCDERQs_g"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">essentiels.bnf.fr/fr/article/b</span><span class="invisible">f46724d-829b-4391-85e1-2efbce656fd6-table-marcel-proust?fbclid=IwVERFWAO0ipZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeuo9WZsk_SJ-_hI_7LiBjP3WDozkF_DuWHzmybBHIoHBBGBObdz9YFDA0FKM_aem_-N3e4IEhNZb99CCDERQs_g</span></a></p><p>In Search of Lost Time at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=+In+Search+of+Lost+Time" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=+In+Search+of+Lost+Time"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=+In+Search+of+Lost+Time</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=a+la+recherche+du+temps+perdu" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=a+la+recherche+du+temps+perdu"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=a+la+recherche+du+temps+perdu</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/cooking/" rel="tag">#cooking</a></p>

Marcel Proust in 1895.

A formal black and white portrait photograph of Marcel Proust taken in 1895, showing the young French novelist at age 24 with his characteristic mustache, slicked hair, and contemplative pose with hand near his chin.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80_la_recherche_du_temps_perdu#/media/Fichier:Marcel_Proust_1895.jpg

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