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Quote of the Week
Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.
–Samuel Johnson
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/johnson_samuel.shtml
Friday Favorites: Shakespeare Games
Reindeer aren’t the only ones playing games this holiday season–we can too! Our Friday Favorite this week tests your intellect and memory while The Bard himself plays Game Show Host. Check out Modern Library’s Shakespeare Games:
- Shakespeare Aptitude Test–translate Shakespeare’s phrases into modern English
- What’s in a Name–identify characters in Shakespeare’s works so Juliet can choose a new suitor (before Brutus does away with them)
- Hamlet’s Duel–help Hamlet beat Laertes in a duel by answering questions quickly and accurately
- Name That Play–name the Shakespearean play based on a one-line quote
Regency Word Wednesday
Word Grubbers
“Verbal critics, and also persons who use hard words in common discourse.”
Quote of the Week
The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.
–Japanese Proverb
Friday Favorite: 200 Years of Jane Austen Covers
Cover reveals are a big event in the lead-up to a new book’s release. And different versions of a book (paperback, hardcover, mass market) might have different covers, or a new cover might be designed for the re-release of an older work. But what if your book was 200 years old? How many different covers would it have then?
Our Favorite this week is an article from The Guardian: Jane Austen’s fashion history: 200 years of cover designs – in pictures and a similar one from The Huffington Post: Jane Austen, Reinvented. Between the two there are about a dozen Austen covers from the past two centuries. See if you can tell the era in which they were designed before you read the article 😀
Regency Word Wednesday
Upstarts
“Persons lately raised to honours and riches from mean stations.”
Quote of the Week
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
–Abraham Lincoln
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln
Friday Favorite: Chawton House Library Book Conservation Appeal
Friday Favorites have been a bit sporadic these last few month, but they’re back this week with a very important one. Chawton House Library has recently discovered that, though well cared for, about 75% of their collection of historical manuscripts needs repairing in one form or another. The cost, they say, will be approximately £60,000.
Yikes!
But we can help!
The Chawton House Book Conservation Fund is accepting donations from both sides of the Atlantic, of any denomination. From their website:
£1 / $1.70 can buy document repair tape
£6 / $10 can buy unbleached cotton archival ribbon
£10 / $17 can buy an archival box to protect a fragile book
£100 / $162 can pay for a full set of conservation equipment including unbleached cotton archival ribbon, document repair tape and archival boxes
£300 / $486 can pay for a volunteer training day, giving a whole team the necessary skills to carry out vital conservation work
£500 / $809 can restore a complete volume
Regency Word Wednesday
Varment
“(Whip and Cambridge.) Natty, dashing. He is quite varment, he is quite the go. He sports a varment hat, coat, etc; he is dressed like a gentleman Jehu.”
Cora Lee, Regency Romance Author 