Sir F. Chook, Inventor of Leopard Oil

Likeness captured upon a daguerrotype machine in Japan, July 1891

Lettres

Wherein the Author reflects upon certain topical & personal issues of the Day.

The archive for April, 2016

The following lettres were posted during this month:

An Anecdote of Infrastructure

Posted upon the 13th of April, 2016

I don’t know that I’ve told you the story of Humphert Narrow. “Straight-As-A” Narrow, as he was known, was Inspector of Public Works for the Borough of Constant Tooting, enough years ago that this position carried a great deal of respectability. He was a professional of the old school – one who had no time […]

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