This Week's Acquisitions
- C. J. L. Almqvist, The Queen's Tiara, trans. Paul Britten Austin (Arcadia, 2001). Famous Swedish historical novel, set around the assassination of King Gustav III in 1792, but focusing on the passions aroused by the androgynous Tintomara. (Amazon [secondhand])
- Idleness; Or, the Double Lesson, and Other Tales, trans. Mrs. J. Sadlier (Sadlier, n.d.). A collection of French Catholic moral tales, most set in Paris. The translator is the very prolific Mary Anne Sadlier (1820-1903). (eBay)
- Minnie Grey; Or, for Conscience' Sake (J. F. Shaw, n.d.). A young Christian woman deals, among other things, with her beloved's rejection of evangelical faith. Shaw appears to have been uncertain about how to spell his own book's title, as the cover does not agree with the title page and the title page does not agree with the catalog listing. (eBay)