tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post7337742089929621286..comments2024-03-28T12:10:31.018-04:00Comments on Wormwoodiana: An Experiment in the Sensational - Gerald Cumberland's 'The Cypress Chest'Douglas A. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-19212109268818399352017-10-16T03:33:37.557-04:002017-10-16T03:33:37.557-04:00Thanks for the suggestion about the Legend of the ...Thanks for the suggestion about the Legend of the Mistletoe Bough. This might well have helped inspire Cumberland's tale. <br /><br />Yes, Bill and Michael, I think the story was written as part of the fascination with Egyptology. Cumberland also wrote that cantata on Cleopatra, so it evidently interested him.<br /><br />Mark Mark Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806452973664951726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-10460081518974893552017-10-15T16:44:39.823-04:002017-10-15T16:44:39.823-04:00Having enjoyed both Freeman's Osiris and Steph...Having enjoyed both Freeman's Osiris and Stephens' The Mummy, I'll now be looking for The Cypress Chest. Thanks, as always, Mark, for another appealing rediscovery. --mdMichael Dirdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00901144234768066002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-23833265536955830872017-10-14T18:06:52.161-04:002017-10-14T18:06:52.161-04:00There was a lot of interest in mummies around this...There was a lot of interest in mummies around this time. In part inspired by he discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, but some interest even before that.Bill Ectrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14957393680007486942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-2077195091944607742017-10-14T14:16:22.609-04:002017-10-14T14:16:22.609-04:00Any connexion with this Victorian legend: https://...Any connexion with this Victorian legend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Mistletoe_Bough ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com