A miniature book collector and his little library
By Claire Kelley from Melville House: A visitor to the Headley-Whitney Museum examines a display of Neale Albert’s complete works of Shakespeare as part of a Miniature Book Society exhibit. Neale Albert, a 75-year-old man who has 4,000 miniature books, was profiled—along with his tiny collection—in the New York Times on Monday. His titles include […]
Nine Things The Squirrels Are Up To These Days
From BuzzFeed.com: Photographer Nancy Rose builds tiny sets in her back yard for squirrels to interact with. Then she lies in wait and takes hundreds of frames as they run around the sets. Anyway, this is what Nancy’s squirrels are up to these days. (Click on images for larger size.) [Full article] 1. Amateur leaf-painting […]
A Teenage Charlotte Bronte’s Tiny Little Romance
From Slate.com. Charlotte Brontë and her siblings started writing early and created many works of fiction, including this tiny book: Before they wrote world-famous novels, the four Brontë children—in descending order of age: Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne—constructed elaborate fantasy worlds. The family was reclusive, and the children were educated at home; they spent most […]