Comments for The British Society for Literature and Science http://www.bsls.ac.uk Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:39:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Contact by Mary S. Lynn http://www.bsls.ac.uk/contact/comment-page-1/#comment-22994 Mary S. Lynn Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:39:07 +0000 http://www.bsls.ac.uk/?page_id=6#comment-22994 Hello. I am writing to ask you for any biographical information you may have on British Victorian Era author Ms. Grace Stebbins. Ms. Stebbins was a very prolific, very popular author in her day yet, oddly enough, no bibliography of her works or biographical information about his author seems to exist anywhere on the internet. Since this author was an important contributor to the British literature of her day, I think it would be most sad if knowledge of her were just to drop off the face of the earth in this way. Will you please post a bio of this author online, including a chronological list of her titles and will you please also be kind as to e-mail me any information you have on her. I believe she was the daughter of British Naturalist T R.R. Stebbing, but this is all I have been able to locate. Please e mail me: quark49@gmail.com. Thank You so very much for your kind attention to this matter which is of literary importance to the history of Great Britain. Hello. I am writing to ask you for any biographical information you may have on British Victorian Era author Ms. Grace Stebbins. Ms. Stebbins was a very prolific, very popular author in her day yet, oddly enough, no bibliography of her works or biographical information about his author seems to exist anywhere on the internet. Since this author was an important contributor to the British literature of her day, I think it would be most sad if knowledge of her were just to drop off the face of the earth in this way. Will you please post a bio of this author online, including a chronological list of her titles and will you please also be kind as to e-mail me any information you have on her. I believe she was the daughter of British Naturalist T R.R. Stebbing, but this is all I have been able to locate. Please e mail me: quark49@gmail.com. Thank You so very much for your kind attention to this matter which is of literary importance to the history of Great Britain.

]]> Comment on Join or Renew by Stella Pratt-Smith http://www.bsls.ac.uk/join-us/comment-page-1/#comment-20076 Stella Pratt-Smith Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:49:59 +0000 http://www.bsls.ac.uk/?page_id=697#comment-20076 For your own security, please do NOT post your details or leave messages for Dan or Stella here. If you are applying for BSLS membership or have questions about existing memberships, please email us direct, at the addresses shown in the Contacts tab. For your own security, please do NOT post your details or leave messages for Dan or Stella here. If you are applying for BSLS membership or have questions about existing memberships, please email us direct, at the addresses shown in the Contacts tab.

]]> Comment on Conference Review: Beyond Two Cultures, King’s College, Dec 2009 by Stella Pratt-Smith http://www.bsls.ac.uk/2009/12/conference-review-beyond-two-cultures-king%e2%80%99s-college-london-december-11th-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-18731 Stella Pratt-Smith Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:41:56 +0000 http://www.bsls.ac.uk/?p=906#comment-18731 The website http://www.conferencereviewer.com/ is a useful resource for BSLS members. The website http://www.conferencereviewer.com/ is a useful resource for BSLS members.

]]> Comment on David Amigoni, Colonies, Cults and Evolution by Gillian Beer http://www.bsls.ac.uk/reviews/romantic-and-victorian/david-amigoni-colonies-cults-and-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-14481 Gillian Beer Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:47:14 +0000 http://www.bsls.ac.uk/?page_id=63#comment-14481 Darwin read Wordsworth's *The Excursion* twice through (no light undertaking as it's about 350 pages long) and refers back to it in his late 'Autobiography'. That poem intersperses philosophical commentary with narratives of the lives of particular poor, excluded, or lost people. This might seem to strengthen the connection that Amigoni is suggesting. Darwin read Wordsworth’s *The Excursion* twice through (no light undertaking as it’s about 350 pages long) and refers back to it in his late ‘Autobiography’. That poem intersperses philosophical commentary with narratives of the lives of particular poor, excluded, or lost people. This might seem to strengthen the connection that Amigoni is suggesting.

]]> Comment on Darwin in the Literary World (public lecture) by Rachael Ogden http://www.bsls.ac.uk/2009/01/darwin-in-the-literary-world-public-lecture/comment-page-1/#comment-5914 Rachael Ogden Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:08:40 +0000 http://www.bsls.ac.uk/?p=319#comment-5914 Readers of this blog may be interested in the launch of Darwin's Microscope by Kelly Swain. This is Swain's debut collection of poetry and reflects the life and influence of Charles Darwin, who was born on 12 February 1809. Swain uses the microscopic ‘lens’ as a metaphor for viewing the world with secular wonder, revealing greater meaning in looking deeper – even to the cellular level. Darwin’s Microscope brilliantly shows how science and poetry complement and enlighten each other, to the point where they become nearly inseparable. See http://www.inpressbooks.co.uk/darwins_microscope_kelley_swain_i019749.aspx Readers of this blog may be interested in the launch of Darwin’s Microscope by Kelly Swain. This is Swain’s debut collection of poetry and reflects the life and influence of Charles Darwin, who was born on 12 February 1809. Swain uses the microscopic ‘lens’ as a metaphor for viewing the world with secular wonder, revealing greater meaning in looking deeper – even to the cellular level. Darwin’s Microscope brilliantly shows how science and poetry complement and enlighten each other, to the point where they become nearly inseparable.

See http://www.inpressbooks.co.uk/darwins_microscope_kelley_swain_i019749.aspx

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