also the absolute – I’m trying to find a non-sexual word here – queen of the dying art of the footnote. Hers are the best footnotes of any book I have ever read. They’re not sources, just wonderful asides on curious but slightly irrelevant facts, and they are absolutely adorable....
1.Doctor John Snow was so famous that he attended Queen Victoria to ease the birth of her babies. [译文]约翰·斯诺太富盛名了,以致于维多利亚女王生孩子时都是他去照料,帮助她顺利分娩。 2.However, these industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not have the historical attractio...
Interesting rhino facts Here are a handful of interesting facts about rhinos: Rhinos have pretty poor eyesight, but their hearing and sense of smell are excellent. Their horns are made of thousands of compressed strands of keratin (similar to human fingernails). It's very hardy, but can be ...
1.Doctor John Snow was so famous that he attended Queen Victoria to ease the birth of her babies. [译文]约翰·斯诺太富盛名了,以致于维多利亚女王生孩子时都是他去照料,帮助她顺利分娩。 2.However, these industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not have the historical attractions of ...
Do you have some literature on where these misconceptions about corsets can be disproven with facts? I’d love to read more on this. Thank you. Bess December 28, 2020 at 7:39 am Nicole, Have a look for Valerie Steel’s “Corset: A visual History”. She really does have a good ...