First and Last Lines from ICI Library Books
Dyle, Arthur Conan; The Coming of the Fairies (ca.1922) FIRST LINE: “The series of incidents set forth in this little volume represent either the most elaborate and ingenious hoax every played upon the public, or else they constitute an event in human history which may … Continue readingLIBRARY SHELF: The Coming of the Fairies
Lord Dufferin Letters From High Latitudes: Being Some Account of a Voyage, in 1856, in the Schooner Yacht “Foam,” to Iceland, Jan Mayen, and Spitzbergen (ca.1882) FIRST LINE: “Our start has not been prosperous.” LAST LINE: “Through her white columned halls in silence glide, nor mingling … Continue readingLIBRARY SHELF: Letters From High Latitudes
Baynes, Cary F. (trans); The I Ching or Book of Changes (1950) ICI Shelf: Cuba First Line: “The first hexagram is made up of six unbroken lines.” Last Line: “The way of the superior man is in the ascendant, the way of the inferior man … Continue readingLIBRARY SHELF: The I Ching or Book of Changes
Brautigan, Richard;Trout Fishing in America: a novel (1967) ICI Shelf: LAL First Line: “As a child when did I first hear about trout fishing in America?” Last Line: “P.S. Sorry I forgot to give you the mayonnaise.” ICI History: First Line, Today at the ICI … Continue readingLIBRARY SHELF: Trout Fishing in America
Maugham, Somerset W.; The Razor’s Edge (1944) ICI Shelf: Dante First Line: “I HAVE NEVER BEGUN A NOVEL with more misgiving.” Last Line: “And however superciliously the highbrows carp, we the public in our heart of hearts all like a success story; so perhaps my ending is … Continue readingLIBRARY SHELF: Razor’s Edge
Efros, Israel; Ed.; Complete Poetic Works of Hayyim Nahman Bialik: Translated From Hebrew (1948) ICI Shelf: Dante First Line: “Hayyim Nahman Bialik appeared when Jewish history began to take a new turn.” Last Line: “Through his free and powerful rhythms, through his radiant songs of nature, which … Continue readingLIBRARY SHELF: Complete Poetic Works of Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Nationalgalerie Berlin, Staatliche; Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen Tekeningen Drawings (1979) ICI Shelf: Artist Monographs First Line: “Der Ort dieser Zeichnungen weist von uns fort, und er liegt zugleich auch weit von uns fort.” Last Line: “That change came later, with these drawings – there’s a very big gap there between … Continue readingLIBRARY SHELF: Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen Tekeningen Drawings
Canguilem, Georges; The Normal and the Pathological (1991) ICI Shelf: Zone First Line: “The problem of pathological structures and behaviors in man is enormous.” Last Line: “The menace of disease is one of the components of health.” ICI History: First Line, Today at the ICI — Twitter Feed (10-23-18); … Continue readingLIBRARY SHELF: The Normal and the Pathological
Lawrence, D. H.; Women in Love (1920; reprint 1973) ICI Shelf: Fiction First Line: “Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen sat one morning in the window-bay of their father’s house in Beldover, working and talking.” Last Line: “”I don’t believe that,” he answered.” ICI History: Last Line, Today at the ICI … Continue readingLIBRARY SHELF: Women in Love
Carroll, Lewis; Through the Looking Glass in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass (1960) ICI Shelf: Fiction First Line: “One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it — it was the black kitten’s fault entirely.” … Continue readingLIBRARY SHELF: Through the Looking Glass