This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Santo Domingo collection. The Maniac pictured here is a reprint of the original 1909 edition which claims to be an account of madness from a patient’s point of view. Mahlon Blaine is the actual illustrator of The Maniac though he used the name G. Read More
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From the library of Sarah Orne Jewett: Not to be lent
The following is the fourth in a four-part series on books from the library of Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) and her family. Though Jewett had published stories in magazines beginning in 1868, Deephaven (1877) was her first book, and its publication signaled her debut as a notable American author. Her pride is evident in the Read More
The temptation of St. Frusquin
This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the Julio Mario Santo Domingo collection. Joseph Hémard (1880-1961) was a prolific French artist who, although best known for illustrating novels, lent his humorous touch to a number of unlikely texts. He published several editions of French codes of law with humorous illustrations, for example. His Read More
Farm Life
This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Santo Domingo collection. Hey Beatnik! this is the Farm book by Stephen Gaskin is a tutorial on all things hippy and counterculture. Gaskin, founder of “The Farm” in Tennessee, was a famous leader in the Haight-Ashbury circles of San Francisco and Read More
Will the real Lewis de Claremont please stand up?
This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection. Lewis de Claremont is credited as the author on several occult books from the early 20th-century including Legends of Incense, Herbs, and Oils. The image of an “artist’s conception of Lewis de Claremont in tunic and turban with Read More