I’m researching colonial America, and just spent the morning reading a book written in 1660, by one Thomas White. The full title doesn’t exactly trip off the tongue, but here it is: A Manual for Parents: Wherein is Set Down… Read More
My mother’s name was Constance. My friend Liz named her daughter Honor. My friend Gina named her daughter Grace. My friend Helena’s middle name is Comfort. I know people named Faith and Hope, and those of us who grew up… Read More
In 1839, Edgar Allen Poe lent his name to a book on conchology (the study of mollusks). Although he probably only wrote the introduction, it was the only book “by” Poe that went to a second edition during his lifetime.