Book inspiring Shakespeare potions goes on display

Books on display include The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, written by Elizabethan herbalist John Gerard. The ...
Computerworld

Microsoft moves to digitize books from the British Library

The scanning race has started: Microsoft Corp. announced an agreement today to scan 25 million pages from the British Library’s collection that will eventually be made available on its MSN Book Search ...
Fast Company

You can now own a perfect replica of ‘Shakespeare’s First Folio’

Today, William Shakespeare is high culture—but back in the Bard’s day, his work was either pop fiction or history in a hurry; disposable entertainment for the groundling masses. Certainly not the sort ...
The New York Times

500 Years of Author Portraits

A new book collects paintings and photos of some of the most familiar names in English literary history. Beatrix Potter painted by Delmar Banner, 1938.Credit...Delmar Banner/National Portrait Gallery ...