The Dusty Bookcase

Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen departed this mortal coil 125 year ago today, rising a metre then stepping aside at his home in Hindhead, Ha...

Barnabas, Quentin and the Crystal Coffin Marilyn Ross [W.E.D. Ross] New York: Paperback Library, 1970 157 pages The back cover poses a quest...

The Moving Picture World 2 October 1920 A follow-up to last week's post on Frank L. Packard's The White Moll . TheWhite Moll was the...

The White Moll Frank L. Packard New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1931 306 page s Walt Disney failed to interest NBC in  Jimmie Dale, Alias the Gr...

Yet another gloriously sunny September weekend, I spent most of it stacking firewood in preparation for winter. The high point came early Sa...

The Jameson Girls Jan Hilliard [Hilda Kay Grant] Toronto: Nelson, Foster & Scott, 1956 240 pages King Jameson is dying and his daughters...

Being an addendum to last week's post on Gilbert Parker's The Money Master .   Of the eighteen Gilbert Parker screen adaptations, Th...