Froody posted this mind-blowing story about how he owns a book that should not exist. Nothing in the book can be traced to anything or anyone. It’s like the book came from an alternate universe:
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https://www.abebooks.co.uk/BAPTISTA-Quiet-Story-Author-Four-Sisters/31003161927/bd
LOL!! People think that just because they couldn’t solve the puzzle, it must be something supernatural. Actually, they just didn’t solve the puzzle.
You can get the 1875 Baltimore City Directory from https://archive.org/details/woodsbaltimoreci1875balt.
It lists a “Chatsworth Female Institute, Franklin” and a “Chats worth Independent Church”. Also “Hasson A. E. principal Chatswortb Female Inst. ”
There is a modern Chatsworth School in Reisterstown, just outside Baltimore https://chatsworthes.bcps.org/. Don’t know if that is related.
Andy, not sure if there’s a connection, but in Reisterstown is located Camp Frettard Military Reservation (Maryland Army National Guard), I’ve often heard that the sprawling countryside and old buildings once was some sort of place (aka asylum) for young women.
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http://www.worldcat.org/nl/title/315704146
I had something similar, I distinctly remember seeing Nico at The Derngate in Northampton in 1986 or 87, but I have searched the internet extensively and there is no record of her having played the venue. Did I imagine the gig, or not?
You definitely did I was there as well, supported by the Jazz Butcher, pretty sure it was ’86
That’s brilliant, so glad I didn’t imagine it
Darn! I was hoping it would be a real life version of _The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer_
You’re debunking the author as performing insufficient research without realising that, from our perspective, it is the author who exists in a parallel universe and this book travelled there in the distant past, leaving the way open for this post to travel to us
Stephen King wrote a story about books from other universes called Ur. Entertaining read.
So apparently the author is a D. Richmond, responsible for numerous books, listed here: (from Victoriaresearch.org)
1. Amy Carlton: or, First Days at School. A Tale for the Young. 1 vol. London: Routledge, 1856.
2. Harry and his Homes: or, The Conquest of Pride. 1 vol. London: Routledge, 1857.
3. The Four Sisters: Patience, Humility, Faith, and Love. 1 vol. London: Routledge, 1858.
4. Helena Bertram: A Tale for the Young. 1 vol. London: Routledge, 1859.
5. Annie Maitland: or, The Lesson of Life. 1 vol. London: Routledge, 1861.
6. Accidents of Childhood: or, Cautionary Stories for Heedless Children. 1 vol. London: Routledge, 1861.
7. The Maze of Life: Its Flowers and Thorns. Some Recollections of an Old Man. 1 vol. London: Routledge, 1861.
8. Through Life and for Life: A Story of Discipline. 1 vol. London: Routledge, 1862.
9. Katie: or, The Simple Heart. 1 vol. London: Bell and Daldy, 1862.
10. Baptista: A Quiet Story. 1 vol. London: Bell and Daldy, 1863.
11. The Children of Blessing. 1 vol. London: Routledge, 1867.
12. The Doctor’s Ward: A Tale for Girls. 1 vol. London: Routledge, 1868.
Info on the book can be found here: https://www.abebooks.com/BAPTISTA-Quiet-Story-Author-Four-Sisters/31003161927/bd
https://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=3503
Are you stupid or something?
https://www.abebooks.com/BAPTISTA-Quiet-Story-Author-Four-Sisters/31003161927/bd
You are posting on Christmas Day. Must be alone. Unsurprising.
Given Abe books is one of the main auction sites for books its a valid observation. It’s in the top 5 places I would have started my search before going to the lengths that was done by the person.
Your inability to locate records does not mean that no records exist and is hardly substantial proof for such an extraordinary claim. What sources did you use? Have you contacted the Baltimore Public School System or historical society? Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, not a cursory internet search.
I have the same book? No mystery, not from another dimension, just; go farther back in historical files.
The original entry is an experiment to detect and define unkindness in commenting on the internet. A range of contradictory comments ensued ranging from polite to abrupt to rude and insulting. The willingness of intelligent people to reveal their own insecurities and unsettled personalities in the attempt to be found as clever continues to amaze.
I think this is when happens when a really nerdy but genuinely sweet person takes Ambien and stays up too late.