It reads like a family reunion...
Book written by an anthropologist, published in 1902: "Bibliography of genius, insanity, alcoholism, pauperism, crime, etc."
It trips off the tongue like a poem...
Title of a book published circa 1770: "Observations of the Going of the Watch from Day to Day."
Yes, those are their real names...
Continuing with the recent and unintentional theme of names...
I came across a religious volume in a theological library written by a preacher named Christian Newcomer. Another book from the library is "The Tabernacle" written by a man named Cross.
I came across a religious volume in a theological library written by a preacher named Christian Newcomer. Another book from the library is "The Tabernacle" written by a man named Cross.
More interesting names (these summoning thoughts of the animal kingdom)...
Ole Worm (1588-1655), John Baptist Wolf (early-to-mid-20th century), and Wolf Wolf, who co-wrote a book published in 1950 with a woman named Ursula ("little bear").
A small collection of found names (of authors, editors and the like) that amuse my American eyes and ears:
Isaac Izecksohn, Bruno Grimschitz, Schlomo Garfunkel.
For your next hate-infused bierfest...
Published by the German Socialist Party in the 1890's: "German Social Songbook: containing 142 of the best German and anti-Semitic songs."
A few years later, I imagine these fellas threw a helluva beirfest!
Published in 1886 Switzerland by Cooperative Print Shop, the publishing information of this book includes a long phrase in German which translates into English (by Google Translate) as: "in the merry month of the eighth year of the Socialist Law-shame."
As whimsical and/or humorous as that translation may sound, I must tell you that "Wonnemonat" is actually the German word for May and translates literally to "Month of delight" or "Month of joy" so, technically, Google was right.
As for the rest of it, well, the Sozialistengesetz (or "Socialist Law," though really it was anti-Socialist law) was a series of acts passed in 1878 Germany after two failed attempts to assassinate Kaiser Wilhelm I. These unsuccessful threats to his life were believed to have been influenced by the growing strength of the Social Democratic Party and, so, the new laws were meant to cripple the organization by limiting the dissemination of socialist principles in a variety of ways (including the shutting down of nearly 50 newspapers, the banning of the party's propaganda, and not allowing the formation of groups or meetings with the intent of spreading socialist views).
The acts were ultimately unsuccessful, however, as the Social Democratic Party continued to gain in popularity. This result was no doubt a happy one for those affiliated with this book (the title of which I didn't note) for it was published (outside of Germany, unsurprisingly) in May 1886--a month after the third extension of the Sozialistengesetz--with a phrase that seems to indicate that the book's creators viewed Germany's anti-Socialist law as shameful.
As whimsical and/or humorous as that translation may sound, I must tell you that "Wonnemonat" is actually the German word for May and translates literally to "Month of delight" or "Month of joy" so, technically, Google was right.As for the rest of it, well, the Sozialistengesetz (or "Socialist Law," though really it was anti-Socialist law) was a series of acts passed in 1878 Germany after two failed attempts to assassinate Kaiser Wilhelm I. These unsuccessful threats to his life were believed to have been influenced by the growing strength of the Social Democratic Party and, so, the new laws were meant to cripple the organization by limiting the dissemination of socialist principles in a variety of ways (including the shutting down of nearly 50 newspapers, the banning of the party's propaganda, and not allowing the formation of groups or meetings with the intent of spreading socialist views).
The acts were ultimately unsuccessful, however, as the Social Democratic Party continued to gain in popularity. This result was no doubt a happy one for those affiliated with this book (the title of which I didn't note) for it was published (outside of Germany, unsurprisingly) in May 1886--a month after the third extension of the Sozialistengesetz--with a phrase that seems to indicate that the book's creators viewed Germany's anti-Socialist law as shameful.
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