George Borrow Society Bulletin 2.16

The Spring 2018 George Borrow Bulletin is now out (Series 2, No. 16) and members should have received their copy during May 2018.

It’s interesting that in this Bulletin a number previously discussed topics are again picked up and moved forward: with well over 100 years of Borrovian scholarship many would expect that everything about Borrow was know years ago, whereas our members seem to discover more and more as time goes by. Part of the charm of Borrovian studies is the puzzling out of what Borrow has left, and the resulting investigations often yield surprising results.

An important notice for members is in the magazine: the Society is planning a weekend in Shrewsbury 26–28 October 2018 and we’d love to have as many as possible attend. Shrewsbury itself is a beautiful town, full of old buildings which were there when the Borrows lived there (for five months in 1856). The venues for the meetings and an evening meal (which should be very pleasant) are already booked, and as soon as the details of our Sunday coach trip are sorted out we’ll be emailing members with details. Also, the centre of Shrewsbury is quite compact and so not a lot of walking will be involved.

Lastly, among the many excellent articles, there’s a write-up of our wonderful weekend in King’s Lynn in 2017.

George Borrow Bulletin 2nd Series nº 16 (Spring 2016)
News
2		Membership of the Society: obituary
2		Future events
Articles
3	Fiske, Ron	North Walsham and the Fight ‘par excellence’
13	Pattinson, Graham	In the tracks of Borrow around Llangollen in 2018 (Part 1)
Notes and Queries
21	Skillman, Mike	Peter Williams, the preacher of Lavengro
24	Bean, Tom	Robert Cooke
24	Ridler, Ann M.	Borrow and the Planet Jupiter
28	Mawtus, Mark	The Gypsy marriages of the ‘noble and numerous family of Tolstoy’
Notes from the Friends of the George Borrow Society Facebook page
32	Missler, Peter	Captain George Henry Borrow
32	Barrett, Richard	A note on the Baptist chapel near Ruthin
33	Ridler, Ann M.	Our member John Bainbridge and the Bow Street Society
Book Reviews
33	Murphy, Martin	Manuel Serrano Vélez, El discreto heterodoxo: Luis de Usoz and La librería secreta de Luis de Usoz, 1805–1865
35	Keeton, Simon	Ken Barrett, ed., George Borrow en España: Reacción, Religión y Reencuentro
Other
43		Publications
45		Spotted on the Internet
46		The Lavengro Press
47		Crossword
50	Ridler, Ann M.	Indexes to the Bulletin
50		Borrow Dreaming
51	Ridler, Ann M.	Food for Thought—Problems of biography
53	Fielder, Tony	Report on the George Borrow Society’s Visit to King’s Lynn 13–15 October 2017
58	Hentges, John	Lines to Six-Foot-Three—His own Hero?
69	Clive Wilkins-Jones	Smoking Sheets and Biting Bed-Bugs? Borrow and Hotels
75	Nuttall, David	A Toast to Borrow
79		Report on the Biennial General Meeting of the George Borrow Society held on 14 October 2017
83		Report of the Meeting of the Executive Committee held on 14 October 2017
85		The First Page of Borrow’s Norfolk Diaries, 1856–1857
88		Back numbers of Bulletins, Binders and Proceedings

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George Borrow Society Bulletin 2.16