* The woman who planned to kidnap the governor of Pennsylvania for ransom, Ann Carson, sounds fascinating, but apparently her ghost writer, Mary Carr, is even more worthy of note.
* On the joys of dealing with a legend, Saul Bellow’s editor.
* A search tool for Project Gutenberg texts. I haven’t fully checked it out yet, but it looks potentially brilliant.
* London’s abandoned Tube stations. Why? Why not?
* Almost a reason to visit New York: Before Victoria: Extraordinary Women of the British Romantic Era.
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