It’s actually quite a lovely day here in Boston: sunny and bright but this poem should bring on some Halloween cheer anyway!
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It’s actually quite a lovely day here in Boston: sunny and bright but this poem should bring on some Halloween cheer anyway!
Have you been following the #PageFrights tag on Twitter? Here are a few of our favorites:
We’re counting down to #Halloween 🎃 with 31 days of books from OUr #SpecialCollections: Victor Frankenstein views his creation in 1833 American edition of Mary Shelley’s #Frankenstein, held in Nichols Collection #pagefrights #Frankenstein200 #MonsterMonday pic.twitter.com/YLHKdR8Zvn
— OUHOS Collections (@OUHOSCollection) October 22, 2018
Crouching mice, rising….cat bat? This winged feline was the project of 17th century polymath, author and Jesuit Athanasius Kircher’s imagination, and can be found in his China Monumentis (1667) #histmed #FunFriday #PageFrights https://t.co/qtzGQnN1tX pic.twitter.com/7OS98lcKdS
— NYAMHistory (@NYAMHistory) October 19, 2018
Carving pumpkins this weekend? Get inspired with these templates from our collections, available through @BioDivLibrary ‘s #PageFrights page: https://t.co/sczbDcjQkD pic.twitter.com/I5lpFImL6w
— SmithsonianLibraries (@SILibraries) October 18, 2018
Start your week with a #cat and #dog face-off: Cheselden’s engraved plate from his Osteographia (1733) makes our hair stand on end #PageFrights #histmed #Halloween2018 https://t.co/pPakqLHd2p pic.twitter.com/zq27b8eRBT
— NYAMHistory (@NYAMHistory) October 15, 2018
With Visits from the world of spirits…! (1791) #PageFrights may not be official this year but we’re keeping the spirit going.
So lets start with this charming figure from JH Brown’s 1865 Spectropia; or, Surprising spectral illusions. Showing ghosts everywhere, and of any colour.