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A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967)

"I love to see men wrestle."

"And after this, a hanging. There's no end to the entertainment."

Garenbrig Squire

"Find him a weapon as big as his dreams." —Yorvo, lord of Garenbrig

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Typography Tuesday

Here are some border and initial designs by the eccentric English artist, designer, and occultist Austin Osman Spare for the English writer and editor J. C. Squire’s collection of short tales, The Gold Tree, printed in 1917 at the Pelican Press for Marvin Secker in London in an edition of 500 copies signed by the author. The designs were engraved in wood by William Quick who was responsible for engraving most of Spare's designs.

Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956) was an English artist and ardent occultist who developed his own personal occult philosophy and wrote a series of grimoires. As an artist Spare was influenced by artists who worked in the Art Nouveau style, such as Charles Ricketts and Aubrey Beardsley, and in the 1920s he established two short-lived art magazines, one of which, The Golden Hind, we hold a full run (1921-1924). The magazine was co-edited with Clifford Bax and published by Chapman and Hall, and each issue was signed by the editors and included an original signed print by a different artist. 

That’s a lot of signing, something of which The Gold Tree’s author J. C. Squire evidently was not a fan. In another copy of this book currently for sale on the rare book market, Squire added a comment to his signature, “I would rather write the book again than sign another 500 copies.”

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The Chrysler Building in New York City opened to the public on May 27, 1930.  

Letters From Watson Liveblog - Feb. 12

The Reigate Squires, Part 1 of 3

What a tease. You just know Conan Doyle was giggling to himself coming up with some outlandish names and titles for a story he knew he would never write. I want to know what Baron Maupertuis and his colossal schemes were about!

"Don't worry Watson, I never rested for a moment! I didn't eat, sleep, or even use the bathroom! My health is secondary, no, tertiary to stopping crime! Isn't that reassuring?"

I'm assuming that this means there were only guys there, no women, which is an odd thing for Holmes to desire, though not entirely surprising considering his opinion of women in the last letters. Unless this means something else in this context, of course.

Holmes is just adorable. How could anyone read these stories and come to the conclusion he is always a cold and emotionless person?

And Watson's adorable too! They've both been very cute and caring in this story so far.

I wonder what the earliest time the murder would've had to have occurred for the Colonel to decide to skip breakfast. Like if the murder happened at 5 a.m. would that be early enough, or just too late in his mind?

Poor Watson. I just realized that this story is the equivalent of a vacation episode in a detective show: the detective and their partner go out of town, the partner just wants to have a good time, but oh wait! There's a murder! And the detective just happens to be there to help solve it!

Just want to say thank you to Watson for transcribing the note. Reading cursive is not my forte.

Getting that compliment from Holmes as an Inspector is high praise, good on Inspector Forrester.

A lot of interesting little mysteries and clues so far. I'm curious to see how it might all fit together in the next letter.

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Clues

Callan isn’t a comedy but it is (sometimes) really fucking funny

Footsteps in the Fog (1955) Arthur Lubin

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Margaret Jameson's illustrations from The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith

The Saint: Flight Plan (5.13, ITC, 1966)

"You, uh, must be Kovicek."

"And you must be Templar, no?"

"That's right."

"I scare you plenty, huh? Heh!"

"Oh, plenty."

"Always I say to myself, even during the war, Kovicek, I say, always take time for the little joke. Ha ha!"

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William Shatner (Captain James T. Kirk) 1967 in Star Trek: The Original Series "The Squire of Gothos“

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Racist print promoting anti-abolitionists' fears of multiracial personal relationships. Created by Edward Williams Clay in 1839. On December 13, 1893, Judge Householder of Knoxville, Tennessee, sent an entire family to jail on felony miscegenation charges. Setting bond at $500, he jailed a black man named Jim McFarland, and his mother, Ms. McFarland, a black woman, Henry Whitehead, a black man, Harriet Smith, who local authorities reported was a white woman, and her children from prior relationships with white men, Lydia Smith and John Smith. At the time of arrest, the multigenerational family lived in the same household. The court’s order left a young child at home without a caregiver. The family spent over a month in jail before facing trial in January. Newspapers noted that Smith had reported to them “with shameless candor,” that she was actually a black woman—while her mother was white, her father was a light-skinned black man—and that she had never pretended to be white. Local news speculated further that since Smith’s children had white fathers, those children living with black men and women might violate the miscegenation codes as written “even should the taint of negro blood be traced to the remote degree claimed.” Local media and the white Knoxville community praised Squire Householder’s actions, reporting that he “came to the rescue of the community” by “starting a war on the crime of miscegenation.” Ultimately, a month after her arrest, Smith was tried before a jury that determined she was “of colored stock,” and acquitted her and Henry Whitehead of miscegenation. However, the jury still convicted them both of lewdness for living together, and they were each sentenced to 11 months in the workhouse. The cases against her children were dropped by the prosecutor after this verdict.

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‘Fairy tales from folk lore’ by Hershel Williams; illustrated by M.H. Squire. Published 1908 by Moffat, Yard & Company, New York.

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Round 1D - Bracket Seven [Dimension 20 NPC of All Time]

Limon Longhalls vs The Hangman

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Limon Longhalls - He/him

Campaign: A Crown of Candy

Who is he?

Limon Longhalls (pronounced L'moan) is a squire studying under Sir Theobald Gumbar and an attendant to the Princesses Jet and Ruby Rocks.

Why is he the NPC of All Time?

He's into falling down the stairsNo

He's literally perfect. Self aware king.

The Hangman - It/its, He/him

Campaign: Fantasy High

Who is he?

The Hangman is the infernal motorcycle that Fabian looted from Johnny Spells after his death. The bike is named after William Seacaster's pirate ship of the same name. The hell hound that possesses the bike is thousands of years old.

Why is it the NPC of All Time?

Just a wonderful dog bike, cracked in all fights he takes a part in