tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post5634677237358147811..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Remarkable Creatures has an excellent bibliographyAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-63868542565389979452009-03-26T16:25:00.000-05:002009-03-26T16:25:00.000-05:00I think my approach (pick 'em off of Carroll's bib...I think my approach (pick 'em off of Carroll's bibliography) would be no less amateur(ish) than yours (pick 'em off of Carroll's bibliography), but do keep me updated about what you've read and acquired so that I can find appropriate complements.Sparkling Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899640164757220074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-71921506250167287792009-03-26T10:23:00.000-05:002009-03-26T10:23:00.000-05:00Well, SpSq, I haven't read 'em yet. A less amateur...Well, SpSq, I haven't read 'em yet. A less amateur(ish) approach would be a big help.<BR/><BR/>zhiv, thanks for the recommendations, right on target. Those Galton books are not so easy to find.<BR/><BR/>Humboldt does sound interesting, but like Stefanie says, the length is an issue. The Amazon trip is in 3 volumes, and <I>Kosmos</I> fills five. Penguin Classics publishes a 400 page abridgement (of the trip, not of <I>Kosmos</I>) that is tempting.<BR/><BR/>C.B., I think you'd enjoy this. I think pretty much anyone who stops by here would enjoy Carroll's book.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-43223000224892102702009-03-24T21:00:00.000-05:002009-03-24T21:00:00.000-05:00An old friend I haven't seen in a few years, Peter...An old friend I haven't seen in a few years, Peter Nichols, wrote a book called Evolution's Captain, about Robert Fitzroy, that might interest you. But the other person who came up today was Francis Galton, Darwin's cousin I think, who seems rather odd and became too excited about eugenics. But he apparently traveled in SW Africa as a young man, wrote what might be a readable book about it, and then also wrote a popular, oft-printed book about how to travel, more or less to any where, in the classic 19th century Brit fashion, "The Art of Travel." Thought that might be down these lines...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-34581236521145388332009-03-24T16:07:00.000-05:002009-03-24T16:07:00.000-05:00Well, here's another book going into my tbr pile. ...Well, here's another book going into my tbr pile. <BR/><BR/>Remarkable Creatures sounds like a fun read.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-78771395586741178512009-03-24T13:38:00.000-05:002009-03-24T13:38:00.000-05:00Carroll's book sounds like fun and oh, the bibliog...Carroll's book sounds like fun and oh, the bibliography sounds delightfully dangerous. I have wanted to read Voyage of the Beagle and will have to get to it one of these days. I am also interested in Humboldt. I have heard he has some long, but fascinating, writings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-63209657587237295482009-03-24T09:32:00.000-05:002009-03-24T09:32:00.000-05:00Drat! You've thwarted my plan before I had a chanc...Drat! You've thwarted my plan before I had a chance to fully articulate it. I've thought for some time that I should give you interesting science books as gifts and should do some research into the best of the 19th century. Then, just yesterday I thought, Aha! next Christmas I'll give AR historic science books based on the adventures related in Remarkable Creatures.<BR/>Now I'm going to have to look harder.Sparkling Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899640164757220074noreply@blogger.com