jim0thy:

In September of 1893, at 26 years of age, Beatrix Potter sent the following illustrated letter to Noel, the five-year-old son of her friend and former governess, Annie Moore. The letter contained a tale of four rabbits, and in fact featured the first ever appearance of Peter Rabbit; however it wasn’t until 1901, eight years later, that Potter decided to revisit her letter to Noel and develop the idea.

The resulting story, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, was published in 1902 by Frederick Warne & Co, and has since become one of the most popular children’s books of all time.

(Check the source link for the full letter).

starfishpaws:

~ The Guide to Reading (The Pocket University, Vol. XXIII), 1925
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18thcentury:

Here’s some pre-Halloween reading for you! Click the photo above to read The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe.

prettybooks:

(by Isabel)

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libraryland:

Writer Jonathan Safran Foer

Hero.

THIS IS A BOOK THAT EXISTS.