Pardon the brevity this week: he second RBS session begins tonight, so there's much to be done.
- The British Library launched a 19th Century Books app this week.
- From Mercurius Politicus, a neat look into the parish record research process.
- The second THATCamp New England will be held on 22 October at Brandeis University.
- From Houghton, some newly-digitized goodies, including the printer's copy for the Aldine edition of Aristotle's works.
- An interesting piece by Brewster Kahle on the Internet Archive's physical archive of books, which he sees as something akin to a "seed bank."
- There was no indictment this week in the Rolland Comstock case. The Greene County, MO grand jury took no action related to the still-unsolved murder.
- A new issue of "Republics of Letters" is up, featuring an essay by Roger Chartier, among others.
Reviews
- Christopher Krebs' A Most Dangerous Book; review by Cullen Murphy in the NYTimes.
- Jane Brown's The Omnipotent Magician; review by John Barrell in the TLS.
- John Sayles' A Moment in the Sun; review by Tom LeClair in the NYTimes.
- Erik Larson's In the Garden of Beasts; review by Dorothy Gallagher in the NYTimes.
