Hello, I've found you copy of Oxus in Summer, since I have two others in that group. It looks like your author entry could use some fixing, since a search comes up with Katherine, and Pamela Whitlock, Hull. Since we can now used two author names it might be worth fixing so the authors show up correctly. I suspect I'm going to be fiddling with mine for the next decade.

Does T.A.R.S. have something to do with Arthur Ransome? I loved those books - fotunately they were all held in my small central Illinois library - I suspect that was probably a bit rare in an Illinois farming village. When the library burned I bought a complete set, ordered from England, to be sure other children had to chance to read them. I was amazed that they were still in print; I should have known better.

posted by arethusarose at 8:10 pm (EST) on Dec 27, 2007

I am also a TARS member. I own all the Ransomes but haven't catalogued them yet.

posted by josiasporter at 3:48 pm (EST) on Feb 21, 2007

I see we share a lot of my favourite books. I had never heard of Elleston Trevor, but I see he is a favourite of yours so I would like to try him - which would you recommend to get me started ?

posted by Booksrme at 9:22 pm (EST) on Oct 29, 2006

Yes, McGonagall is one of my favourite poets. He's a hoot.

Have you discovered the website (McGonagall Online)? It's a fantastic resource on the Great Bad Poet. One essay in particular, "The Real McGonagall" by Gord Bambrick, has pretty much convinced me that McGonagall may actually have been a skilled satirist, rather than a merely bad poet. But because we'll never know for sure, the uncertainty adds an extra frisson of mystery to his poems.

posted by chamekke at 3:22 pm (EST) on Oct 9, 2006

No, I have never heard of him, but will look him up. Thanks for the tip!

posted by quartzite at 2:46 pm (EST) on Oct 4, 2006