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Swagger Religionists, by Marie CorelliFew things are more repulsive than an "I-am-holier-than-
thou" attitude, which one occasionally encounters in Christ-
ians of the worst kind. Mercifully, it's not as common these days as it was when Marie Corelli was doing most of her writing — before World War I. To read her entire article, as it appeared in The London Magazine in 1912, click here. 12.25.10
VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN PERSPECTIVESThis site provides a unique look at the Victorian and Edwardian periods through the writings of people who were prominent at the time. It also includes some rare material from later periods. My sponsors: Flower Delivery, The Book Depository, Auto loan. — Alan Ireland, PO Box 2052, Palmerston North 4440, New Zealand
The German Army: Its Strength & Weakness This article by Hilaire Belloc was published in the October 1911 edition of The London Magazine. "For many years there has been growing in Eng- land — a country where, as yet, conscription remains untried — a curious and almost super- stitious reverence for the conscript army of the German Empire," the editor writes. "English pub- lic opinion has come to regard it as all-powerful. In this article . . . Mr Belloc surveys the actual condition and the cicumstances of its organisa- tion with the direct object of showing that this opinion should be modified. He brings the best of qualifications to the task, since he has him- self studied the working of conscription at first- hand, serving in a conscript army — that of France. His conclusions, set forth here with an admirable clarity of style, will without doubt be accorded the most serious consideration." To read the full text of the article, click here. |
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Autumn Leaves BookshopMy bookshop, which is based in my converted garage, specializes in history, biography, science, the arts, and other works of non-
fiction. Although 99% of my sales are made through Trade Me, I do welcome visits to my secluded premises at 164 Highbury Avenue, Palmerston North, New Zealand. When I went online, in 2000, I constructed a website for Autumn Leaves, which I have since updated.
The press reigns supreme: An editorial conclave, 1898
This article, entitled Making a Modern Newspaper, is by Alfred C. Harmsworth,
editor of the Daily Mail, and is from The Harmsworth Magazine of 1898. Note
the speaking tube to the nether regions. To read the article, click here.
Feature: Straitjacket journalism: Career of Tony Curran
The Elingamite and Its TreasureThis book, about the wreck of the Elingamite in 1902, was written by New Zealand diver Wade Doak and published in 1969. The Elingamite, a passenger steamer on the run from Sydney to Auckland, was wrecked on one of the Three Kings Islands north of NZ. Click here for more information. Related old books of interest are Shipwrecks and Archaeology: The Unharvested Sea (1971), by Peter Throckmorton; The Pirates of the Brig Cyprus (1962), by Frank Clune and P.R. Stephensen, and Vikings of the Sunrise (1964), by Sir Peter Buck. For more books I am offering for sale, go to my Trade Me listings. Last updated on 9.5.10
Palestine in the 1870sIt's easy to forget that Pales-
tine was an overwhelmingly Arab country before the Zionist colonists started to arrive from Europe in the late 19th century. (Even the local Jews were Arabs, being speakers of Arabic.) Click here for a glimpse of what it used to look like.
British Brains — the Best: Arnold WhiteArnold White (1848-1925) was an English journalist who sat on the council for the Eugenics Education Society. This article, in which smoking chimneys and warships are among the signs of the superiority of "British brains", was published in The London Magazine in 1911. Note that this "superiority" is attributed to "racial and climatic causes". No doubt he was also into phrenology. To read the article, click here. 1.2.11