This time of year, our minds wander ahead to warmer days and outdoor activities. Yet we know that there are still several weeks of colder weather still to come. So ... since we're stuck with winter for a while longer ... we may as well try to enjoy it. And guess what? Yep, there are some books in the Bullis collection that can give anyone an appreciation of this season we're currently experiencing. We're highlighting three of them for you, with subjects ranging from whaling up in the Arctic, down to the Nile, and up again to Scandinavia.
The Arctic Whaleman - or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean:
being a narrative of the wreck of the whale ship Citizen.
Together with a brief history of whaling
by Lewis Holmes
Published by Wentworth & Company, Boston, 1857
My Winter on the Nile
by Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900)
Published by Houghton Mifflin Boston, 1891, c1876
Northern Travel: Summer and Winter Pictures of
Sweden, Denmark, and Lapland
by Bayard Taylor (1825-1878)
Published by G. P. Putnam, New York, 1858
These books are on the shelves in the Bullis Room, available for your use. We invite you to spend a cloudy winter's day or evening reading through one or more of them.
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