- Ian's cataloging the lost archive of Montague Summers, which is super-exciting. My favorite of his findings, probably not surprisingly, is the mss. of Summers' unpublished play about forger William Henry Ireland.
- The Henry Miller collection set to sell at PBA Galleries this week was sold by private treaty to "a major American research institution."
- The documents covering the 1774-1776 period in Peter Force's American Archives are now online, thanks to Northern Illinois University Libraries. [h/t Boston1775]
- Art dealer Lawrence Solander pleaded guilty in relation to a $120 million fraud scheme.
- In the NYRB blog, Robert Darnton compares modern blogs to the French libels he covers in his recent book The Devil in the Holy Water.
- A piece in the Drew University student newspaper covers the William John Scott thefts. Rebecca Rego Barry has a post on this case in the FB&C blog too.
- In the NYTimes this week, Patricia Cohen reports on the difficulties archives face in the new digital world, including how to manage writers' computers.
- Paul Collins notes a tour of some abandoned sections of the London Underground.
- Via The Millions, an amazing database of 20th-century bestsellers. [h/t librarythingtim]
Reviews
- Michael O'Brien's Mrs. Adams in Winter: review by Martin Rubin in the Washington Times.
- Marilyn Johnson's This Book is Overdue!: review by Evelyn Small in the Washington Post.
- E.O. Wilson's Anthill: review by Margaret Atwood in the NYRB.
