Category Archives: Books and Art

Nancy Drew # 35 The Haunted Showboat [1959]

Posted on August 18, 2012 by ubu507

The driver, instead of slowing down, put on a burst of speed, swerving the rear of the car directly toward Nancy! The left fender grazed her, knocking her down! Then the driver straightened the wheels and the car roared off!

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Tonight We Deride

Posted on June 21, 2012 by ubu507
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While Pensive I thought on my Love

Posted on June 9, 2012 by ubu507

illustration to an unidentified publication. Block cut by George Dalziel After Frederick Richard Pickersgill 1835-1861 The British Museum WHILE pensive I thought on my love, The moon on the mountains was bright, And Philomel down in the grove, Broke sweetly … Continue reading →

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Sabrina and Her Nymphs

Posted on May 28, 2012 by ubu507

by William Etty Date painted: 1841 This is what happens to nymphs: they are pursued or they are left. Sometimes, like Echo, they are fled. We turn to trees, seabirds, seafoam, running water, the sound of wind in the leaves. Men come … Continue reading →

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Frontispiece for Revue Fantaisiste

Posted on May 18, 2012 by ubu507

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1861. Kemper Art Museum

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The Iron Cross

Posted on May 18, 2012 by ubu507

Marsden Hartley,  1915. Kemper Art Museum Over the ruins, as over all the most dangerous parts of the terrain, lay a heavy smell of death, because the fire was so intense that no one could bother with the corpses. You … Continue reading →

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Women Who Loved Love by Ihara Saikaku

Posted on May 3, 2012 by ubu507

To Gengobei were turned over all the keys to the family possessions…great trays of money…a mountain of fine clothes…celadon porcelain…salted Mermaids…all the treasures of the world… 17th-century illustration by YOSHIDA HAMBEI

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HUSBAND STEALER!

Posted on May 2, 2012 by ubu507

Some women are born to lust after other women’s men. Jean Thornton was one of them. And operating in a small, New England town such as Walton full of tradition and bored husbands, Jean had a field day. She wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Nancy Drew: The Spider Sapphire Mystery, 1968.

Posted on April 30, 2012 by ubu507

Come on, Ned! She’s not THAT ugly…

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Emblem of Rex Stout’s Mystery Monthly

Posted on April 26, 2012 by ubu507
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