Or, Notices

1.23.2012

Erk said...: As I tweeted awhile back-- "as close to a brownie as a French macaron can be." In this instance and context, totally a good thing.; 23.1.12
inkysocks said...: yum. what are we doing today? what's the weekly pacquet?; 23.1.12
Erk said...: See below! It's nice to have a picture at the top of the feed, so I've decided to post m'goals underneath/before the more traditional blog entries. Sorry, that's more than you needed to know, I know.

The Weekly Pacquet of Advice from Rome is a late 17th-c Whig (or opposition) periodical written by Henry Care. It's unusually hard to access. All the pages I need to check are missing from the microfilm. Each issue contains two parts, an ongoing anti-Catholic history of the Catholic church and a more topical bit of partisan raillery. Often the microfilm only captures the history sections, and I'm only interested in the bits of raillery. The story about a Catholic priest trying to seduce a boatswan's boy and the plan to circumcise the priest in retaliation has sadly been excised from our library's holdings... Again, more than anyone needs to know, but xoxo.; 23.1.12
inkysocks said...: so what does one do to find the missing sections? i love your list.; 23.1.12
Erk said...: I'll keep you posted on the elusive periodical literature of the late 17th-century. These days, it's usually so easy: most stuff's readily available in some online format...; 23.1.12