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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.

books0977: Model Frida Gustavsson (Swedish, 1993-) reading Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. Discovered at 14 years old in an H&M where she was shopping with another student, she immediately found herself overbooked. “The day after my 15th birthday, I went to Japan for work during the whole summer…”

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Model Frida Gustavsson (Swedish, 1993-) reading Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Discovered at 14 years old in an H&M where she was shopping with another student, she immediately found herself overbooked. “The day after my 15th birthday, I went to Japan for work during the whole summer…”

books0977: An Interesting Story. William Stephen Coleman (English, 1829-1904). Watercolour heightened with white bodycolour. Coleman was a keen naturalist painting for the Illustrated News and the London Almanac. Until 1881 he was on the committee of the Dudley Gallery and he also designed tiles for Minton.

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An Interesting Story. William Stephen Coleman (English, 1829-1904). Watercolour heightened with white bodycolour.

Coleman was a keen naturalist painting for the Illustrated News and the London Almanac. Until 1881 he was on the committee of the Dudley Gallery and he also designed tiles for Minton.

books0977: Ginger Rogers reading Romola Nijinsky’s Life of Nijinsky, assisted by Lincoln Kirstein (1933). Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) was an American actress, dancer, and singer. Rogers more often than not had a book in her face.  Her mother once remarked that it was hopeless to read a book after Ginger had read it.  She marked it up with notes.  She was always trying to improve herself.  

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Ginger Rogers reading Romola Nijinsky’s Life of Nijinsky, assisted by Lincoln Kirstein (1933).

Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) was an American actress, dancer, and singer.

Rogers more often than not had a book in her face.  Her mother once remarked that it was hopeless to read a book after Ginger had read it.  She marked it up with notes.  She was always trying to improve herself.  

books0977: Model brings book for slow times during photo shoot.. Photography by Lyndel Yeo @ 35mm Photography [35mmfashionphotography.com].Hair & Make-up Artist: Trish Sousa. Stylist: Cecylia @ cecylia.com. Model: Jenna @ Giant Management. “Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.” — Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler)

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Model brings book for slow times during photo shoot.. Photography by Lyndel Yeo @ 35mm Photography [35mmfashionphotography.com].Hair & Make-up Artist: Trish Sousa. Stylist: Cecylia @ cecylia.com. Model: Jenna @ Giant Management.

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.” — Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler)

‘In March read the books you’ve always meant to read’ March 25, 1941, WPA Art Project Chicago (HT Brainpickings)

‘In March read the books you’ve always meant to read’

March 25, 1941, WPA Art Project Chicago (HT Brainpickings)

from Brainpickings via The Way of Improvement Leads Home

from Brainpickings via The Way of Improvement Leads Home

"How many hours, among the happiest of my life, have I spent in the dusty, damp or dismal purlieus of second-hand bookshops, where mummified silverfish, faded pressed flowers and very occasionally love letters are to be found in books long undisturbed on their shelves. With what delight do I find the word ‘scarce’ pencilled in on the flyleaf by the bookseller, though the fact that the book has remained unsold for years, possibly decades, suggests that purchasers are scarcer still."

— Theodore Dalrymple, “Why Second-Hand Bookshops Are Just My Type” (via msbirt)

(Source: nobodie-the-invisibleman)

"I merely say that all reading for pleasure is escape, whether it be Greek, mathematics, astronomy, Benedetto Croce, or The Diary of the Forgotten Man. To say otherwise is to be an intellectual snob, and a juvenile at the art of living."

— Raymond Chandler, 1888 - 1959 (via rhea137)

(Source: lyssahumana, via etctatic)

"It is often said that one has but one life to live, but that is nonsense. For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time."

— Louis L’Amour, Education of a Wandering Man (via zerogate)