FACT OF THE DAY:

Selected Literary Essays, edited by Walter Hooper, was first published today (12/4) in 1969.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The Bible thus considered, for good or ill, as a single book, has been read for almost every purpose more diligently than for literary pleasure.”

The Literary Impact of the Authorized Version
(Published in Selected Literary Essays; released on 12/4/1969)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

When you read The Chronicles of Narnia in their published order what object first mentioned in LWW (The Lion…) is not fully explained (i.e., it’s origin) until The Magician’s Nephew?

TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.

ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION: from “Hamlet: The Prince or the Poem?” in Selected Literary Essays (and They Asked for a Paper), but first published in The Proceedings of the British Academy 18 (1942)