This Week's Acquisitions
- James Morier, The Adventures of Hajji Baba, of Ispahan, in England (Richard Bentley, 1835). The second of Morier's popular knockoffs of the Arabian Nights.
- Thomas Colley Grattan, Jacqueline of Holland: An Historical Tale (Richard Bentley, 1843). Grattan was a reasonably popular Irish writer who produced both history and fiction.
- George R. Gleig, The Country Curate (Richard Bentley, 1846). A clergyman and miscellaneous writer, Gleig was most interested in military schools.
- Mrs. S. C. Hall, The Outlaw: An Historical Romance (Richard Bentley, 1847). For information on Mrs. Hall, see James Newcomer; there's a photograph here.
- Catherine Gore, Mothers and Daughters (Richard Bentley, 1849). Gore was a well-known social satirist and silver-fork novelist. For background, see the Victorian Web and Project Corvey.
- Germaine de Stael, Corinne; Or Italy, trans. Isabel Hill (Richard Bentley, 1854). This was de Stael's best-known work of fiction.
- David Foster Wallace, Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays (Little, Brown, 2005). New nonfiction collection.
- Pierre Bayle, A Philosophical Commentary on the Words of Jesus Christ: "Compel Them to Come In, That My House May Be Full" (Liberty Fund, 2005). Edition of Bayle's work on religious toleration.
- Anthony Thiselton, A Concise Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Religion (Baker, 2005). Brief reference work.
- Robert Louis Wilken, The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God (Yale, 2003). Introduction to the Church Fathers.