tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post4727152551998910799..comments2024-03-28T12:10:31.018-04:00Comments on Wormwoodiana: Scholars On HolidayDouglas A. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-90770371567926856702016-06-10T15:03:20.174-04:002016-06-10T15:03:20.174-04:00"There is without doubt an entire thesis to b..."There is without doubt an entire thesis to be written... on the subject of stories that start with scholarly young men taking a holiday in the country, from which mysteries flow."<br /><br />Not just mysteries: see Clough's The Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich. It's an interesting revelation about nineteenth and early twentieth academic life that would-be scholars did their studying Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-55840380491916185872016-06-10T05:34:52.025-04:002016-06-10T05:34:52.025-04:00Lovely article as always on literary esoterica and...Lovely article as always on literary esoterica and eccentricity. I, too, have a fondness for the ''bachelor-scholar who holidays in remote, legend-haunted location and uncovers supernaturalism'' tales; and I often feel that Cornwall, a place I would like to visit sometime, is a separate country from England. There are some Celtic strains in other English counties, such as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-58481625663090203562016-06-09T14:08:31.552-04:002016-06-09T14:08:31.552-04:00It was a little toy man, made of tin.
"Wizard...It was a little toy man, made of tin.<br />"Wizard of OZ?" asked the shopkeeper.<br />"Not at all," beamed the professor. "Gift from Dr. Braise for my daughter, brought back from Cornwall. Has a little door in its chest, supposedly for holding paper notes."<br />"You don't say."<br />"Yes. As I understand it, you write a note, place it inside, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-12497162209311280872016-06-09T08:50:15.906-04:002016-06-09T08:50:15.906-04:00a fascinating excursion in itself and another sign...a fascinating excursion in itself and another signpost for those who set their sights on collecting 'elusiviana' . There's a task there in itself for the scholar bibliophile to checklist the titles of monographs that appear and that are referenced within stories. <br /><br />Jean du BoisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-69501779010259346622016-06-08T20:27:50.548-04:002016-06-08T20:27:50.548-04:00The diversity (perversity?) of Mark's literary...The diversity (perversity?) of Mark's literary interests amazes me. How many books has he, I wonder. I had to downsize recently and now probably only own something over two thousand books, taking in the usual supernatural/decadent semi-obscure writers we love, but I also find I have gone down by-roads that lead me to obsessions with people such as Tom Horn (the wild west scout who ended up onSandy Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064756302394502872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-78684655940002061022016-06-08T17:02:36.129-04:002016-06-08T17:02:36.129-04:00I wrote the works of Shakespeare...I wrote the works of Shakespeare...Bill Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17672479549023574209noreply@blogger.com