Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 20th

FACT OF THE DAY:

John, the main character in “The Pilgrim’s Regress” was born in Puritania (on the western side of the Eastern Mountains)

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“First-hand knowledge is not only more worth acquiring than second-hand knowledge, but is usually much easier and more delightful to acquire.”

On the Reading of Old Books
(Published originally as a preface to The Incarnation of the Word of God in 1944)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

If you lived in the 50’s you had to wait almost twelve months for each of the next Narnia stories except the final two…how long was the wait for each of them?

Answer (Click to SEE)
 After The Horse and His Boy was published you waited only eight months for The Magician’s Nephew and then ten months for The Last Battle.