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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

treselegant: “People heard it to their wonder and delight.” Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1890.

treselegant:

“People heard it to their wonder and delight.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1890.

treselegant: “‘May I tell the Laird now?’ Whispered Angus.” Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886.

treselegant:

“‘May I tell the Laird now?’ Whispered Angus.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886.

treselegant: “I ought to have known who you were.” Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886.

treselegant:

“I ought to have known who you were.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886.

bleistift-und-radiergummi: Gino Boccasile Illustration ‘Crociere Estate 1935’

bleistift-und-radiergummi:

Gino Boccasile Illustration ‘Crociere Estate 1935’

(via fugaciousephemera)

treselegant: “The firm has stopped payment.” Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886. 

treselegant:

“The firm has stopped payment.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886. 

treselegant: “Then they talked of other and less serious matters, till the happy drive was over.” Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886. 

treselegant:

“Then they talked of other and less serious matters, till the happy drive was over.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886. 

illustration-alcove:

Illustrations for Alexander Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin by Lidia Timoshenko.

(via victusinveritas)

treselegant: ‘The Meeting at the Café Régence.’ Cassell’s Family Paper, 1863-4. 

treselegant:

‘The Meeting at the Café Régence.’

Cassell’s Family Paper, 1863-4. 

klg19: “How Miss Lili rendered a great service to her friend, Azor.”  Benjamin Rabier, “Le Peigne,” from Ecoutez-moi!, Paris, Garnier, 1926, p. 53. First published in 1904 in Le Journal amusant. (Source : Gallica.bnf.fr) Found at Topfferiana.

klg19:

“How Miss Lili rendered a great service to her friend, Azor.” 

Benjamin Rabier, “Le Peigne,” from Ecoutez-moi!, Paris, Garnier, 1926, p. 53.
First published in 1904 in Le Journal amusant. (Source : Gallica.bnf.fr)

Found at Topfferiana.

The Connoisseur

The Connoisseur

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