1817 - James T. Fields is born in Portsmouth, N.H. A partner in Ticknor & Fields, publishers, he will succeed James Russell Lowell as editor of the Atlantic Monthly. 1830 - Alexander Smith, Scottish poet and writer, is born at Kilmarnock. 1874 - Editor, poet, critic, essayist, and journalist Holbrook Jackson (The Anatomy of Bibliomania; The Fear of Books; The Printing of Books) is born in Liverpool. 1900 - Edward Everett Hale, 78, presides at a Boston civic ceremony welcoming in the new century.
--A Book of Days for the Literary Year
Happy New Year to you and yours! And, to start the New Year, a message from May Sarton, one of my favorite authors:
"Under the light of eternity,
things, the daily trivia,
the daily frustrations, fall
away. It is all a
matter of getting to the
center of the beam."
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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Thanks for giving us some wise and thoughtful words from May. I haven't read very many of her books, but she seems kinda swift. I, of course, have some of her books, but will have to put them on a "to do" list as usual. Linda (I think I am more of a book collector than book reader!)
Same here. One of my New Year's "resolutions" is to read books from my own book shelf instead of buying more. I have already failed in my resolve...but I found a real gem at the used bookstore so don't feel TOO bad!
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