tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post1891936415239099320..comments2024-03-18T18:40:26.310-04:00Comments on Wormwoodiana: Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and the Mystery of a Hansom CabDouglas A. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-182015005791622402015-12-26T06:39:55.706-05:002015-12-26T06:39:55.706-05:00I'd love to see itI'd love to see itLucy Sussexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-34002483179357078442015-08-17T22:43:55.290-04:002015-08-17T22:43:55.290-04:00Regarding Fred Bason's account of the end of F...Regarding Fred Bason's account of the end of Fergus Hume, I own the manuscript of a radio talk he gave in 1958 in which he gives a much longer version of this than in his diary. It's actually his account of what a newspaper reporter told him about meeting Hume. It's interesting, but yes, it does state he was in Islington. I'll be publishing a transcript of it in the next issue of Chris Mikulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-44695218178420209772015-07-26T20:24:25.813-04:002015-07-26T20:24:25.813-04:00Text went back to the original 1886 editionText went back to the original 1886 editionLucy Sussexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-24386107446793196042015-07-19T09:37:35.978-04:002015-07-19T09:37:35.978-04:00Thanks for the information.
One question - is the...Thanks for the information.<br /><br />One question - is the recent Text edition of "Cab" a reprint of the original book, or is it a reprint of the 1896 revised edition?<br /><br />Stuart RadmoreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-1880403793161788712015-07-17T04:37:41.116-04:002015-07-17T04:37:41.116-04:00US publication next June, not sure about UK pub. I...US publication next June, not sure about UK pub. It is hard to get colonial books into the UK market---the Hansom Cab itself exceptedLucy Sussexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-9528054175366708782015-07-15T04:11:36.874-04:002015-07-15T04:11:36.874-04:00Any plans for UK publication? Any plans for UK publication? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-17427142955795358232015-07-14T23:14:03.718-04:002015-07-14T23:14:03.718-04:00Yes, available as e-book via the Text siteYes, available as e-book via the Text siteLucy Sussexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-35291262252070406932015-07-13T23:57:03.618-04:002015-07-13T23:57:03.618-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.James Doighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00122814918462610034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-8051566478314199402015-07-13T12:32:38.970-04:002015-07-13T12:32:38.970-04:00Is this book available only in digital format? I t...Is this book available only in digital format? I tend to use Book Depository for all my new book buying these days, but it's "out of stock". At the Text Publishing website it says there's a paperback edition. Can I only order from there?J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-35551101355883910662015-07-13T07:44:47.703-04:002015-07-13T07:44:47.703-04:00Bason reported the encounter as happening in Islin...Bason reported the encounter as happening in Islington. Hume died in a bungalow in rural Thundersley, Essex. Either the account is garbled as to place, or the man encountered was one of the Hume impersonators active before the young literary lion actually arrived in England from the Antipodes. Lucy Sussexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-86265022261547811662015-07-12T23:36:57.595-04:002015-07-12T23:36:57.595-04:00Yes, that's Fred Bason's Diary - says Ferg...Yes, that's Fred Bason's Diary - says Fergus was down to his last 2p. That's scraping the bottom if the barrel.James Doighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00122814918462610034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-32316030835599612522015-07-12T17:47:52.448-04:002015-07-12T17:47:52.448-04:00I may be confusing Hume with someone else, but I&#...I may be confusing Hume with someone else, but I'm pretty sure that in one of bookseller Fred Bason's series of memoirs he mentions meeting an old man in dreadful poverty and being shocked to find it was Fergus Hume, author of this phenomenally successful book.Sandy Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064756302394502872noreply@blogger.com