Monthly Archives: January 2008

In which a tenuous metaphorical link is advanced to announce a newly mounted architectural feature.

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Garrett

No doubt a qualified alienist would comment on the fact that my bookselling operation is drawn in large part to obscure controversial pamphlets, religious tracts and amateur versifiers — and that I have chosen to set up shop in a … Continue reading →

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On the market value of a happy national inclination toward sottishness.

Posted on January 25, 2008 by Garrett

What, we ask with a suitably stem-winding rhetorical flourish, is perhaps the lengthiest thread to run its crooked course through the rich tapestry that is our Grand Republic? One would do worse than to claim for this place in the … Continue reading →

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The Modern American Library.

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Garrett

An unnamed source in the rare book-industrial complex has brought three additional library blogs to my attention, each one worth adding to the blogroll. (I maintain my correspondent’s anonymity if only to assure my readers that The Bibliophagist shall guard … Continue reading →

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The Modern American Muse.

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Garrett

I am pleased to announce the availability of a new catalogue, “Sweet Singers (American Verse, 1806-1964),” a miscellany of 183 items available as a PDF via email. (I do not plan to offer a paper version of this catalogue.) The … Continue reading →

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