Lost & Found

The initials R.L. stand for Robert Louis, as in Robert Louis Stevenson – the author of such classics as Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. According to book data we found online, “This volume contains all of Stevenson’s more or less autobiographical writings not contained in Memories and Portraits, many of them not published, and some not completed, by the time of his death. Geez, like some others we’ve found, perhaps we should have spent a few more minutes appreciating this book when we had it in our hands.
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We’d love to know the identity of the “favorite Southern singer” mentioned in the inscription, as well as the inscriber’s last name. But we’re going to pass on reading this backwards book.

While doing some research, we came upon this “about the author” on Amazon – Michael Andrew Grissom tells the story of when he was in the fifth grade and teachers were beginning to introduce the students to civics and history. He took his books home and started to wonder about the thing they called the “Civil War.” Finally, his mother sat him down and explained very concisely, “Well, let me tell you how it was. Lee was the good guy, and Grant was the bad guy.” And Grissom says, “It stuck. I remain solidly convinced to this day that my mother was right.” Ohhkay then. Moving right along…

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Another Christmas and another great big book of art given as a gift. We hope that “Dear Sweet Jane” indeed enjoyed these beautiful images, images which are beckoning me back.
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Considering this intriguing book is a collection of stories  (“With The Hakawati, Rabih Alameddine has given us an Arabian Nights for this century”), the inscription from the author himself is very fitting.
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