tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post7333095500967363743..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Traces in timeAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-40842777266348312422011-02-13T06:06:35.811-08:002011-02-13T06:06:35.811-08:00Duot, it's the real deal alright. Go to the W...Duot, it's the real deal alright. Go to the Wikipedia page and scroll down en.wikipedia.org/.../Encyclopædia_Britannica_Eleventh_EditionAnastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-39741667462946421012011-02-09T15:09:24.384-08:002011-02-09T15:09:24.384-08:00Ci, no something else altogether!Ci, no something else altogether!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-7777850034453309802011-02-09T15:08:52.450-08:002011-02-09T15:08:52.450-08:00Duot, please keep your eye on this. I'll post...Duot, please keep your eye on this. I'll post a response after the weekend.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-44099468010160030722011-02-09T15:08:01.301-08:002011-02-09T15:08:01.301-08:00Dominic, yes.Dominic, yes.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-70586082317051181562011-02-09T12:31:02.806-08:002011-02-09T12:31:02.806-08:00I'm intrigued by the CD in your photograph, on...I'm intrigued by the CD in your photograph, on the books in the lower shelf. A back-up copy?<br />:-)Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-43733467057781405972011-02-09T08:29:28.247-08:002011-02-09T08:29:28.247-08:00Thank you!Thank you!Duothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106894648978399181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-57277127364466524982011-02-09T01:25:02.657-08:002011-02-09T01:25:02.657-08:00How very fantasticHow very fantasticDominichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145734042272196687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-72223854376194963262011-02-08T23:52:28.140-08:002011-02-08T23:52:28.140-08:00Anthony, much less exciting, though, especially th...Anthony, much less exciting, though, especially the maps.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-42076124969549152272011-02-08T23:51:51.337-08:002011-02-08T23:51:51.337-08:00Duot, I don't know. I would have to check som...Duot, I don't know. I would have to check some of the articles and compare them with the original, which is in my London home! I'll let you know as soon as I have more information.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-23337325252196070472011-02-08T17:45:49.925-08:002011-02-08T17:45:49.925-08:00They have encyclopedias on DVD now, they take up a...They have encyclopedias on DVD now, they take up alot less space.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-74522076686246176492011-02-08T17:33:51.482-08:002011-02-08T17:33:51.482-08:00I have a cheap 'encyclopedic dictionary', ...I have a cheap 'encyclopedic dictionary', which was bought by my grandmother many decades ago, at home. It was published in the early 1960s. It has never been a great source of information and today it is heavily outdated... but as you point out with your 1911 edition of Britannica, now that it is outdated it has become much more interesting than ever. I like reading the data it provides about population, literacy and life expectancy rates, GDP... there are some surprises - I love encountering one of those - but the 'not-so-different' rule generally applies :)<br /><br />This post has aroused my interest in the 1911 edition of the Britannica. Do you know if it is possible to read it for free online? A quick Google query yielded a website called "1911encyclopedia" dot org, which is, according to the site owners, based on 1911 Britannica, but I'm not sure whether that's the real deal.Duothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106894648978399181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-81143125190817596632011-02-08T16:57:22.076-08:002011-02-08T16:57:22.076-08:00Mario, perhaps we are all reading El libro de aren...Mario, perhaps we are all reading <i>El libro de arena.</i> :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-65475231614347434682011-02-08T16:54:00.476-08:002011-02-08T16:54:00.476-08:00Absolutely, Calvin. Father has a lot of antique v...Absolutely, Calvin. Father has a lot of antique volumes in his library (I think there may even be some sermons!), interesting less for the information they uncover than the attitudes they reveal. I came across a late nineteenth century ‘manual’ for newly weds which says, among other things, that a lady is not expected to enjoy sex, or if she does she is not quite the lady! I also love the old spidery inscriptions, names and dedications, some of them going back two hundred years, really rather poignant.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-39868664907806802392011-02-08T16:47:18.679-08:002011-02-08T16:47:18.679-08:00I have encyclopedias but not the british one, Borg...I have encyclopedias but not the british one, Borges said that he knew a lot because he read it all the british encyclopedias very well, i have 20 volumes but i read a few of the all content, i think I am a little lazy to read from the start to the finish like Borges, i only read it what I need it in answer of my own questions, i like geography, i understand your emotion with the maps, now you have Discovery Chanell and similar to learn in easy way, tough a book is abook always. Mario.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-5481969151870856832011-02-08T16:45:54.880-08:002011-02-08T16:45:54.880-08:00I have an Encyclopedia Americana of Eisenhower vin...I have an Encyclopedia Americana of Eisenhower vintage, with supplemental volumes containing articles on Sputnik, Suez, etc. <br /><br />I very much enjoy old science books, and old volumes on exploration, as well as memoirs. I've yet to meet anyone who has a passion for books of ancient sermons, but I am sure there must be some.<br /><br />Google has scanned a lot of 19th century volumes that will pop up unexpectedly if one searches for things like origins of place-names, etc. There one can find tales of skirmishes between travellers and indigenes in exotic locations, or descriptions of rituals and ceremonies, lists of trade goods and so forth. It is striking just how different and individual the way of thinking was such a short time ago.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-82552299137360218422011-02-08T16:26:42.720-08:002011-02-08T16:26:42.720-08:00...they do things differently there. :-)...they do things differently there. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-78467272838064585192011-02-08T16:23:30.171-08:002011-02-08T16:23:30.171-08:00"The past is another country . . . ""The past is another country . . . "Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.com