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Wonderful animated gif book illustrations from the Smithsonian and U. Iowa...
Whoever is curating the Smithsonian Libraries' Tumblr page of vintage book illustrations ("Turning the Book Wheel") is having way too much fun for government work! Huffington Post has put together this...
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Tennis anyone? Vintage posters and Hollywood photos
Whilst I and my fellow tennis fans are gearing up for the last grand slam of the year in Flushing Meadows, I thought I'd share these colorful vintage posters of the sport. They come from a recent...
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Focus on London: Up, Down, and Inside Out
The Public Domain Review recently featured a rarity called The London Guide and Stranger’s Safeguard against the Cheats, Swindlers, and Pickpockets (1819). Its frontispiece is pictured at left. From...
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Unabashed bardolatry: free Shakespearean image resources from the Folger Library
A delightful new online resource has been created by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C., which has opened up its visual archives to the public here. (This is the announcement of its free...
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Spotlight on books into film: Cloud Atlas, The Book Thief, The Duchess, As I...
From young adult to adults-only, you'll doubtless find something to your taste in "Reel Good Reads," our current Spotlight roundup of books that have been adapted to film. I'm itching to see the movie...
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Wild, wacky, and outré book titles; is fashion "spinach"?
"To be or not to be..."Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop: And Other Practical Advice In Our Campaign Against The Fairy Kingdom by Reginald Bakeley. How Tea Cosies Changed the World by Loani Prior....
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"J'ai deux amours": the eternal delights of Parisian food, fashion, art,...
Detail from La Vie de Monseigneur Saint Denis, 1517, depicting Parisian people at leisure. Love the dancing bear and the wine-drinking party on the Seine!“Il n’y a que deux endroits au monde où l’on...
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Snippets from New York's Fall Fashion Week 2014
Wraithlike and pale (except for the occasional woman of color), the zombie-esque high fashion models glide and pose in tantalizingly brief glimpses of the season's hottest (and coolest) fashion looks....
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The legacy of Laura Nyro: 'a message so beautiful you want to share it with...
Photo by Nancy Levine"She was the whole package."—Diane Reeves "It took forever for everybody to get inside and sit down, because people kept going downstairs to the gym to give her flowers . . . Then...
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Edmund Morris on the many sides of Teddy Roosevelt: blessed with a phenomenal...
He was an explorer, a hunter, a historian, a rancher, a soldier, New York City Police Commissioner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Governor of New York, Vice President of the United States, and...
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The short films of Wes Anderson
Are you a fan of film director Wes Anderson? See what you think of his Jules et Jim-esque video ad for Prada's "Candy" fragrance! (It's his second short for Prada, after Castello Cavalcanti, which...
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Beatrix Potter and the "world of realism and romance"
“I do not remember a time when I did not try to invent pictures and make for myself a fairyland amongst the wild flowers, the animals, fungi, mosses, woods and streams, all the thousand objects of the...
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Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft: friends and foes
Having spent our evenings last week watching Ken Burns epic PBS series The Roosevelts—An Intimate History, I'm sure many of us have turned to the expert authors Burns relied on to construct this superb...
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Wimsy, Vane, and wartime valor à la Elizabeth Wein
Vancouver SunThese two form the only romantic pairing on my list! But I include them because they do make a Sensational Team as well as being a sensational couple. Detective work aside, romance aside,...
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F.D.R.'s soul mate: excerpt from 'Franklin and Lucy'
This lovely woman was probably Franklin Delano Roosevelt's true sweetheart. Viewers of Ken Burns' series The Roosevelts will have learned that F.D.R. had a lifelong attachment to Lucy Mercer (later...
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Herb Alpert & Sergio Mendes: getting better all the time
The eminent music critic Will Friedwald just weighed in on two exciting new CDs we chose to carry before even hearing them: Magic by Sergio Mendes and In the Mood by Herb Alpert. Both albums involve...
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Around the world with Paul Theroux
"The conversation, like many others I had with people on trains, derived an easy candour from the shared journey, the comfort of the dining car, and the certain knowledge that neither of us would see...
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Surviving the Depression with resourcefulness and style: "Little Heathens"...
Ken Burns' PBS documentary The Roosevelts showed us how F.D.R. used the power of the Executive Branch to alleviate the effect on the country of the stock market crash, the Dust Bowl, and other...
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World of wonders: spotlight on Marc Chagall's ceiling and more from the...
Instead of booking expensive trips to view the world's wonders, cash-strapped, armchair art lovers can now behold them with a few clicks of a keyboard.It's all part of the Google Cultural Institute,...
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For relentless readers: 10 links to groovy book lore
"Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?"— Henry Ward Beecher"A house without books is like a room without windows."— Horace MannDid you know that the average American household watches 42...
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Hail & farewell, plus vintage Halloween images
As George Harrison's song goes, "all things must pass." Today I must bid goodbye to all of my lovely followers, as this is the last edition of The Daily Glean.I wish a thousand benisons in particular...
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Are You a Tudormaniac?
Hello! My name is Amy (aka Daedalus Amy) and I'll be posting on behalf of The Daily Glean.For all you Tudor fans have we got something for you!Is it the drama—the royal rivalries, the plots and...
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Summer Mystery Sale! Buy 4 Mysteries and Get Your 5th FREE!
Dying for a good mystery? Daedalus has got you covered! Purchase four mysteries from our special selection and get a 5th mystery for FREE! Don't miss out on this great offer. Visit our special page...
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Crime Scene—Are You an Armchair Detective?
We remain endlessly fascinated by criminal behavior. What makes a murderer? And how do we uncover one who is determined not to be caught? Here we have just a sampling from our broad range of true crime...
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Summer School
Summer will be here any second, and with it long languid days and relaxing vacation weeks. Summer is also the perfect time for a little mental relaxation and entertainment, which is why we've put...
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