Today in Bookish and Literary History, December 8
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Today in Bookish and Literary History, December 8
#OnThisDay #ThisDayinHistory #OTD #December8 #JohnMcCrae #MaxwellAnderson #AbeBurrows #GustavFreytag #JohnVanDruten #booksky
"Not every age allows its sons to reap the results which remain great for all time, and . . . not every century is fitted to make the men who live in it distinguished and happy."
✒️ #GustavFreytag, writer, was #BOTD 13 July 1816. #Literature
Second favorite: this shopping list (?) found in vol 2 of #GustavFreytag "Die Ahnen." Prices are in Reichsmark, so 1924-45.
3 eggs, 1/4 remoulade, 1/4 oil.