tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post3261960930657878428..comments2024-03-29T04:32:14.759-07:00Comments on Strange Company: Weekend Link DumpUndinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-21739666313763607932015-11-30T10:13:34.177-08:002015-11-30T10:13:34.177-08:00The case of Mr Gaskin makes me wonder what the poo...The case of Mr Gaskin makes me wonder what the poor fellow did in Aleppo for three years. It couldn't have been the most interesting location for an educated Englishmen. Then again, Englishmen in those days found themselves in all sorts of odd places - and usually fit right in.John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-65755240059064093232015-11-29T18:22:58.320-08:002015-11-29T18:22:58.320-08:00Great links!
BTW - "Water-cure craze"...Great links! <br /><br />BTW - "Water-cure craze" - this one reminded me of my last summer's reading, if you like old novels:<br /><br />https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/330<br /><br />"Where There's A Will" by Mary Roberts Rinehart - "Red-haired women are born to intrigue, as the sparks fly upward . . . I have been spring-house girl at Hope Springs Sanatorium for fourteen years. My father had the position before me, but he took rheumatism, and as the old doctor said, it was bad business policy to spend thousands of dollars in advertising that Hope Springs water cured rheumatism, and then have father creaking like a rusty hinge every time he bent over to fill a glass with it . . ."<br /><br />Rinehart, Mary Roberts (2010-01-31). The Best of Mary Roberts Rinehart: 23 Novels and Short Stories (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (Kindle Locations 7268-7270). Halcyon Press Ltd.. Kindle Edition. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com