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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAnother publisher released Friendship\u2019s Offering<\/a><\/em> in 1824, which found its way to America some years later as knockoff copies. Apparently, many volumes were hacked this way in America, even lesser works rebound and distributed under new popular titles (which sounds like clickbait to me). Friendship’s Offering<\/em> may have published some higher quality literature than most. For example, Thomas Babbington Macaulay’s poem “The Armada” was printed in the 1833 edition. It ran until 1844.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Engraver Charles Heath launched multiple annuals, “such as the Picturesque Annual<\/em>, in a guinea volume which contained engravings from the best landscape painters of the day,” and The Book of Beauty<\/em>, edited by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington and Irish novelist in her own right. Her social influence drew attention from many literary stars and would-be stars, including Disreali. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “The rise of the Annuals appears to have diffused a fashion for artistic and elegant pursuits, and helped to evolve a taste for literature and the fine arts. They were the principal publications of the year, and much time and consideration were given to their production.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Booksellers have tried to inspire an Easter season of book-giving to no avail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All right. What else we got?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Literary Translation:<\/strong> Joel Miller talks to Russian translator Lisa C. Hayden about the art of moving a novel into another language<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When it comes to translation choices, there\u2019s not always a \u201cright\u201d choice, just the choice that seems best. How does literary intuition play into your work?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I rely a lot on intuition. It particularly kicks in when I\u2019m reading the manuscript out loud. I\u2019m listening for lots of things but particularly want to feel that there\u2019s an ease to the reading and a rhythm to the writing. I know when <\/em>they feel right but rarely know how to explain why<\/em> they feel right.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Secular Morals:<\/strong> Seth Mandel writes the former director of Human Rights Watch “is what you\u2019d get if Soviet ‘whataboutism’ were a person, a golem manifested by the chantings of Oberlin freshmen. . . . HRW and Amnesty International both had no idea how to handle a post-9\/11 world<\/a> because terrorism didn\u2019t really fit into their worldview.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Writing<\/strong>: \u201cTrue ease in writing comes from art, not chance, Books: <\/strong>“Books are men of higher stature, And the only men that peak aloud for future times to hear.” – Elizabeth B. Browning, “Lady Geraldine’s Courtship”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Giving books at Christmas has been a long tradition with readers. In the early 19th century, plenty of books sold in the weeks preceding Christmas, but none of them were published for the season. Often people bought attractively bound collections of essays, poems, or classic novels that they knew they would enjoy. In one of … Continue reading The Rise of Christmas Books in Britain<\/span> \n
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