Tag Archives: Germany

1909: The Seven Ravens

Posted on March 17, 2021 by corvusfugit

The good little sister took a knife and cut off her own tiny finger, fitted it into the keyhole, and succeeded in opening the lock. When she had entered, she met a Dwarf, who said: “My child, what are you … Continue reading →

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1933: Dreams of the Third Reich

Posted on May 26, 2020 by corvusfugit

A selection from Charlotte Beradt’s Dreams of the Third Reich. Beradt was a journalist in Germany when Hitler took power and, inspired by the first dream below “set out to collect the dreams the Nazi regime had generated”—which she did … Continue reading →

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1966: Dublin Sky

Posted on April 19, 2020 by corvusfugit

Evelyn Hofer: Dublin Sky (1966); from Dublin: A Portrait (1967).

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1927: Calm at Sea

Posted on March 24, 2020 by corvusfugit

Lyonel Feininger: Calm at Sea II (1927)

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1509: The Most Curious Book in the World

Posted on March 23, 2020 by corvusfugit

The following entry appears in Charles Carroll Bombaugh’s Gleanings from the Harvest Fields of Literature: A Melange of Excerpta, Curious, Humorous, and Instructive (1867): THE MOST CURIOUS BOOK IN THE WORLD The most singular bibliographic curiosity is that which belonged … Continue reading →

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1922: Seek the Kingdom of Heaven through Contempt of the World

Posted on December 21, 2019 by corvusfugit

Melchior Lechter’s frontispiece, title page, and first chapter title page for a 1922 edition of Thomas à Kempis’s Imitation of Christ. Written in the early 15th century, the work promotes piety, simplicity, and devotion as the key to a personal … Continue reading →

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1863: Rat

Posted on December 12, 2019 by corvusfugit

Adolph von Menzel: Rat in the Gutter (c. 1863-1883)

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1920: Copper Mill

Posted on October 1, 2019 by corvusfugit

Hans Müller: Duisburg Copper Mill (ca. 1920)

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1907: Kampen, Sylt

Posted on September 6, 2019 by corvusfugit

Wenzel Hablik: Kampen, Sylt: Dark Clouds, Mudflats (1907)

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1844: The Real Brain of All Things

Posted on August 31, 2019 by corvusfugit

That which is for me through the medium of money—that for which I can pay (i.e., which money can buy)—that am I myself, the possessor of the money. The extent of the power of money is the extent of my … Continue reading →

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