007 to the Rescue!
The Guardian reports that the National Library of Scotland’s John Murray archive (about which we’ve blogged previously) is desperately searching the sofa cushions for the last £5 million payment for the archives. (All the money is going to nonprofit organizations, incidentally.)
There’s a fascinating tidbit of correspondence about Emma, which Murray published.
Other files include a sales ledger showing that only 29 copies of Austen’s Emma had been sold and questioning whether it was worth continuing with it.
One wonders how in the world this fellow (who also told Charles Darwin to write a book about pigeons) built a publishing empire.
icLanarkshire reports that Sir Sean Connery his own bad self has pledged his support to the project. No details as to precisely what sort of support that entails, but one imagines Q rustling up some nifty preservative gadget in his fabulous high-tech laboratory. (Oooh. We just realized that Tuesday Next’s uncle Mycroft is Q! Bookworms, anyone?)
April 25th, 2007 at 7:58 am
I’d love to settle down in that archive with a big cup of tea and a comfy chair… Lord Byron!
April 25th, 2007 at 11:42 am
Shouldn’t that be THURSDAY Next?
April 25th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
I’d love to take Tuesday with me INTO the archives.