tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43367324355128522802024-02-06T23:20:56.462-05:00Corner of the LibraryJournal of ReadingCarolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.comBlogger325125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-55783331452171936852011-06-14T13:39:00.002-04:002011-06-14T13:44:40.243-04:00Attribution confirmedI have confirmed that The Grateful Ghosts was indeed written by Mrs. Oliphant's son Cecco". She makes reference to "Cecco's Grateful Ghosts" <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=2szKEbnVaX8C&dq=mrs.%20oliphant%2C%20autobiography&pg=PA330#v=onepage&q&f=false">on page 330 </a>of the 1899 edition of her Autobiography.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-87624704506157439912011-06-14T12:25:00.002-04:002011-06-14T12:35:17.204-04:00The Grateful Ghosts - attributed to Cecco Oliphant<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=iHFIAAAAYAAJ&dq=grateful%20ghosts&pg=PA108#v=onepage&q=grateful%20ghosts&f=false">The Grateful Ghosts</a><br />attributed to Francis Romano ("Cecco") Oliphant<br />Blackwood's Ediburgh Magazine, Volume 139, January 1886, page 108<br /><br />This story is unsigned as it appears in Blackwood's. It has been attributed to Mrs. Oliphant's son, Francis Romano ("Cecco") Oliphant by Linda H. Peterson in Two Traditions of Victorian Women's Autobiography, University of Virginia Press, 1999, page 163. <br /><br />I would be grateful for further information on whether this attribution is correct.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-27876713326492163662011-06-10T12:36:00.003-04:002011-06-10T12:44:02.516-04:00John Inglesant - Review by Mrs. Oliphant<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=bndIAAAAYAAJ&dq=blackwood%5C&pg=PA365#v=onepage&q&f=false" hl="'en&ei=" pg="'PA365#v=" f="false" sa="X&oi=" ct="result&resnum=" ved="0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=">John Inglesant - Review by Mrs. Oliphant</a><br />Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine<br />Volume 131, January to June 1882, page 365Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-59377821106463214242011-06-05T10:57:00.002-04:002011-06-05T10:59:43.928-04:00A Hidden Treasure - by Mrs. Oliphant<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=2Rc2AAAAMAAJ&dq=mrs.%20oliphant%2C%20a%20hidden%20treasure&pg=PA149#v=onepage&q&f=false">A Hidden Treasure</a><br />by Mrs. Oliphant<br />Argosy Magazine, Volume 1, 1866, page 149Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-26735789377607413842011-06-04T00:04:00.002-04:002011-06-04T07:17:59.732-04:00Miss Braddon at Home<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=bzgZAAAAYAAJ&dq=the%20curates%20of%20riverdale&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false">Miss Braddon at Home</a><br />by Joseph Hatton<br />London Society, Volume 53, page 22, 1888Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-24800090608228332242011-06-02T14:52:00.002-04:002011-06-02T14:55:30.100-04:00Two Gentlemen of Virginia<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=PDoRAAAAYAAJ&dq=two%20gentlemen%20of%20virginia&pg=PP13#v=onepage&q&f=false">Two Gentlemen of Virginia</a><br />A Novel of the Old Regime in the Old Dominion<br />by George Cary Eggleston<br />New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1908<br /><br />The novel opens in Richmond, Virginia in the year 1857.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-50521633690133639092011-05-30T12:56:00.001-04:002011-05-30T12:58:48.934-04:00The Craft of Fiction by Percy LubbockT<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=w9jrxCI2ikMC&dq=richmond%20in%20fiction&pg=PP9#v=onepage&q&f=false">he Craft of Fiction</a><br />by Percy Lubbock<br />New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-6012606012314417962011-05-28T21:29:00.002-04:002011-05-28T21:31:32.595-04:00Virginia Life in Fiction<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=DTJDAAAAIAAJ&dq=virginia%20in%20fiction&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false">Virginia Life in Fiction</a><br />by Jay Broadus Hubbell<br />Dallas, 1922Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-20015952150511573462011-05-20T09:45:00.001-04:002011-05-20T09:47:54.458-04:00Washington in Fiction<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=_3xLv-WW36oC&pg=PA451#v=onepage&q&f=false">Washington in Fiction</a><br />by Frances Weston Carruth<br />The Bookman, Volume 15, page 451, 1902Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-45163295354236623312011-05-13T13:10:00.003-04:002011-05-13T13:16:55.834-04:00The Washingtonians - by Pauline Bradford Mackie<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=k_sYAAAAYAAJ&dq=the%20washingtonians%2C&pg=PP11#v=onepage&q&f=false">The Washingtonians<br /></a>by Pauline Bradford Mackie<br />Boston: L. C. Page and Company, 1902<br /><br />The Washingtonians presents a fictional portrait of Kate Chase Sprague, daughter of Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury during the administration of Abraham Lincoln. The story begins in the fall of 1864 and focuses on Kate, aka Portia Matthews, and her efforts to help her father secure the Republican nomination for president in the upcoming election.<br /><br />The novel is well written and is very interesting to all who are familiar with the history of the time and the dynamics of the members of the Lincoln administration. Kate Chase was a fascinating woman, and this novel provides a glimpse of her private life.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-72376269169087930562011-05-11T14:49:00.001-04:002011-05-11T14:52:40.310-04:00New York In Fiction - by Arthur Bartlett Maurice<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=pt5CAAAAIAAJ&dq=new%20york%20in%20fiction&pg=PR5#v=onepage&q&f=false">New York In Fiction</a><br />by Arthur Bartlett Maurice<br />New York: Dodd, Meade and Company, 1901Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-1966957467682533262011-05-10T10:28:00.002-04:002011-05-10T10:30:23.430-04:00De Grey - A Romance by Henry James<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=sV0CAAAAIAAJ&dq=ghost%20de%20grey%2C%20henry%20james&pg=PA57#v=onepage&q&f=false">De Grey - A Romance</a><br />by Henry James<br />Atlantic Monthly Vol 22, 1868, page 57Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-43600202543647788762011-05-07T14:17:00.003-04:002011-05-07T14:21:19.839-04:00At Chrighton Abbey by Mary Elizabeth Braddon<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=4qEBAAAAQAAJ&dq=milly%20darrell%2C%20braddon&pg=PA117#v=onepage&q&f=false">At Chrighton Abbey<br /></a>by Mary Elizabeth Braddon<br />As published in Volume III of Milly Darrell and Other Tales<br />London: John Maxwell and Co., 1873<br /><br />A ghost story.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-34522074781723740382011-05-06T10:42:00.001-04:002011-05-06T10:44:54.040-04:00Bestseller of 1908 - Peter<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=_aARAAAAYAAJ&dq=peter%2C%20f.%20hopkinson%20smith&pg=PP11#v=onepage&q&f=false">Peter</a><br />by F. Hopkinson Smith<br />New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908<br /><br />A bestseller for the year 1908.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-84053175355544821062011-05-04T00:14:00.003-04:002011-05-06T10:50:52.455-04:00John Granger - A Ghost StoryJohn Granger - A Ghost Story<br />by Mary Elizabeth Braddon<br /><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/John-Granger-A-Ghost-Story/Mary-Elizabeth-Braddon/e/2940012489043/?itm=3&USRI=mary+elizabeth+braddon%2c+ghost">Available Barnes & Noble as a Nook book</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/John-Granger-Ghost-Story-ebook/dp/B004ZCJGFO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=books&qid=1304693229&sr=8-1">Available at Amazon.com for Kindle.<br /></a><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=KNsBAAAAQAAJ&dq=john%20granger%20-%20a%20ghost%20story&pg=PA308#v=onepage&q&f=false">Available at Google Books for free download</a><br /><br />A ghost returns to the scene of his murder to give clues to the identity of his murderer.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-11521435753263767762011-04-24T20:14:00.003-04:002011-04-24T20:18:00.304-04:00Boston - A 1903 Guidebook<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=mKd4AAAAMAAJ&dq=boston&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q&f=false">Boston - A Guidebook</a><br />by Edwin M. Bacon<br />Boston: Ginn and Company, Publishers, 1903Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-45542904014008654082011-04-22T14:03:00.001-04:002011-04-22T14:09:59.358-04:00Boston in FictionBoston in Fiction by Frances Weston Carruth<br />The Bookman, Vol 14, September 1901 - February 1902<br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=IE8DAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22boston%20in%20fiction%22&pg=RA2-PA236#v=onepage&q&f=false">Part I</a><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=IE8DAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22boston%20in%20fiction%22&pg=RA3-PA364#v=onepage&q&f=false">Part II</a><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=IE8DAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22boston%20in%20fiction%22&pg=RA4-PA507#v=onepage&q&f=false">Part III</a><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=IE8DAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22boston%20in%20fiction%22&pg=RA4-PA590#v=onepage&q&f=false">Part IV</a>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-59785471958148202152011-04-22T10:35:00.002-04:002011-04-22T10:38:23.062-04:00Ghost Stories and Tales of the Supernatural<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=oT5FAAAAYAAJ&dq=ghost%20stories&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false">Ghost Stories and Tales of the Supernatural</a><br />Compiled by Jean Hawkins<br />Boston: The Boston Book Company, 1909<br /><br />A list of ghost stories compiled by a librarian.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-82136592236510681692011-04-21T14:50:00.003-04:002011-04-21T14:55:45.066-04:00A Christmas Tale by Mrs. Oliphant<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=GbICAAAAIAAJ&dq=editions%3AQFMwu-xlOIMC&pg=PA74#v=onepage&q&f=false">A Christmas Tale</a><br />by Mrs. Oliphant<br />Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine<br />Volume 81, January 1857, page 74<br /><br />The title of this short story is a misnomer: Christmas has nothing to do with the plot. This is well worth reading. Mrs. Oliphant does a masterful job in building suspense and a sense of terror.<br /><br />The narrator finds himself stranded at a rural English train station after missing a connection. The local squire invites the narrator to his home for dinner, and the story develops from there. A compelling read.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-21878953492294600122011-04-19T12:45:00.002-04:002011-04-19T12:48:30.050-04:00William Dean Howells - A Critical Study<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=cOsuAAAAYAAJ&dq=william%20dean%20howells&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q&f=false">William Dean Howells - A Critical Study</a><br />by Delmar Cross Cooke<br />New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1922Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-37208412637895499002011-04-18T09:44:00.002-04:002011-04-18T10:00:46.396-04:00My Life: The Memoirs of Sofia Andreevna TolstayaMy Life: The Memoirs of Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya<br />ISBN-10 0776630423<br />ISBN-13: 978-0776630427<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/My-Life-Memoirs-Andreevna-Tolstaya/dp/0776630423/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1303133181&sr=8-1">Available at Amazon</a><br /><br />I have just ordered a copy of this book which I am certain will prove to be an important contribution to the English language library of memoirs written by Tolstoy's family members and friends. The tumultuous nature of the marriage of Sofia and Leo Tolstoy has been the subject of a number of books over the decades, but what better way to get Sofia's point of view than from her own pen.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-13264507024870382462011-04-15T16:03:00.002-04:002011-04-15T16:05:26.323-04:00Harper's Library of Select Novels<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Jb-YdmthsH0C&dq=Harper%27s%20Library%20of%20Select%20Novels&pg=PA133#v=onepage&q=Harper%27s%20Library%20of%20Select%20Novels&f=false">Harper's Library of Select Novels</a><br />Another list for collectors.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-43242449269700074812011-04-15T15:29:00.000-04:002011-04-15T15:30:31.646-04:00Count Tolstoy at Home<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?9xsrb5cz3bewe7z">Count Tolstoy at Home </a><br />by Isabel HapgoodCarolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-46720887998843570762011-03-30T16:05:00.001-04:002011-03-30T16:06:28.815-04:00Thou Shalt Not Kill - by Leo Tolstoy<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=E_gKAQAAMAAJ&dq=tolstoy%20on%20suicide&pg=PA169#v=onepage&q&f=false">Thou Shalt Not Kill</a><br />by Leo TolstoyCarolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-91148314881569079282011-03-30T10:52:00.002-04:002011-03-30T10:55:36.942-04:00Tolstoy on the Russo-Japanese War<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=2CFLqfcw4MYC&pg=PA257#v=onepage&q&f=false">Bethink Yourselves!</a><br />Count Tolstoy on the War<br />Translated by Vladimir Chertkov<br />The Living Age, Volume 242, 1904, page 257Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.com0