Monthly Archives: November 2012

Finis coronat opus; or, some further well-known authors and their works written after death.

The Paris Review blog notes a recent feature on five books dictated from beyond the grave, with the remark, “Dead Mark Twain was especially prolific,” which is true enough as it goes–though certainly Twain was not the only restless author … Continue reading

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Independence Hall and the tables of Monte Carlo.

I’ve recently picked up this moderately curious framed receipt dated April 2, 1901, for the deposit of 1546 (and 85/100) Francs, payable on the Fourth Street National Bank for the Comptoir National d’Escompte de Paris, with a signed autograph note … Continue reading

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