This Week's Acquisitions
- Charlotte Yonge, Chantry House (Macmillan, 1886). Mysterious present and past goings-on at an ancient house, complete with literal skeletons. (eBay)
- Maggie Power, Lady Macbeth's Tale (Booksurge, 2008). Historical novel featuring a revisionist look at...well, take a guess, following Gruoch and Macbeth until shortly before the play begins. (Amazon)
- E. W. Attwood, Panacea Britannica: A Series of Papers Mainly Devoted to a Vindication of Catholicism against Objections Founded on Scripture, History, Policy, Civilisation, Social Conditions, and Secular Progress; More Especially with Reference to the Necessities and Prejudices of Englishmen (Waterlow and Sons, 1866). Several hundred pages of controversial prose intended to explain why Protestants are entirely wrong about Catholicism. (eBay)