Things Noted Here and There
Hilary Mantel,"Prospects of a golden prince," Guardian, 18 October, reviews David Starkey's Henry: Virtuous Prince, on the youth of Henry VIII.
The Virginia Center for Digital History has launched"Virginia Emigrants to Liberia," a project that exploits the very rich American Colonization Society Papers at the Library of Congress to illuminate the experience of 3700 African Americans who left Virginia for Liberia between 1820 and 1865.
Angela Thirlwell,"The secret love of Ford Madox Brown," TLS, 8 October, is an essay on the occasion of"Ford Madox Brown: The Unofficial Pre-Raphaelite," an exhibit at Birmingham, England's Museums and Art Gallery.
Bob Thompson,"At 'Home' With the Past," Washington Post, 20 October, features the novelist, Marilyn Robinson, whose writing is nourished by her love of history.
Endorsements for Obama from A to Z: Kenneth Adelman* to Fareed Zakaria.
*I know. I know. As Will Herberg used to say,"It's like a dog eating spinach!"
Finally, after a rough day at the office or in committees and the classroom, do you need a refreshing cleansing? Daleduro has uploaded a photograph of Cliopatria's Bath. That should do the trick.