[SERIES IN PROGRESS] Mediaeval Town Series
I just stumbled across this series of books on mediaeval towns from the early 20th century. They sound interesting, and in the case of Europe, many of the places described inside these towns are probably gone by now...
Maybe somebody would like to start another long-term project. Right now, I can find evidence of 25 books, some of them had several editions. Below are the results of a quick search, if you pick one of these up, you may want to check if there's later editions.
The Story of
Assisi by Lina Duff Gordon
https://archive.org/details/storyofassi00gord
Bruges by Ernest Gilliat-Smith
https://archive.org/details/storyofbruges0000unse
Brussels by Ernest Gilliat-Smith
https://archive.org/details/storyofbrussels00gill
Cairo by Stanley Lane-Poole[
COMPLETE: https://librivox.org/the-story-of-cairo-by-stanley-lane-poole/
Cambridge by Charles W. Stubbs
https://archive.org/details/storyofcambridge0000stub
Chartres by Cecil Headlam
https://archive.org/details/storyofchartres0000head
Constantinople by William H. Hutton
https://archive.org/details/constantinopleth41391gut
Coventry by Mary Dormer Harris [IN PROGRESS AS SOLO]
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58996
Dublin by D. A. Chart
https://archive.org/details/storyofdublin01char
Edinburgh by Oliphant Smeaton
https://archive.org/details/storyofedinburgh00smea
Ferrara by Ella Noyes
https://archive.org/details/storyofferrara00noyeuoft
Florence by Edmund G. Gardner
https://archive.org/details/storyofflorence00garduoft
London by Henry B. Wheatley
COMPLETE: https://librivox.org/the-story-of-london-by-henry-b-wheatley/
Milan by Ella Noyes
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53961
Moscow by Wirt Gerrare
https://archive.org/details/thestoryofmoscow46510gut
Nuremberg by Cecil Headlam
https://archive.org/details/thestoryofnuremb46401gut
Oxford by Cecil Headlam
1907 edition: https://archive.org/details/storyofoxford0000head
1912 edition (renamed to "Oxford and its story") https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46274
Padua, by Cesare Foligno
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000380341
Paris by Thomas Okey
https://archive.org/details/parisitsstorybyt00okey
Perugia by Margaret Symonds and Lina Duff Gordon
https://archive.org/details/storyofperug00symo
Pisa by Janet Ross and Nelly Erichsen
https://archive.org/details/storyofpisa00rossuoft
Prague by Count Luetzow
https://archive.org/details/storyofprague00lutz
Rome by Norwood Young
https://archive.org/details/storyofrome0008youn
Rouen by Theodore A. Cook
https://archive.org/details/storyofrouen00cook
Seville by Walter M. Gallichan
https://archive.org/details/storyofseville00galluoft
Siena by Edmund G. Gardner
https://archive.org/details/storyofsienasang00garduoft
Toledo by Hannah Lynch
https://archive.org/details/toledostoryofold00lync
Verona by Alethea Wiel
https://archive.org/details/storyofverona00wiel
Venice by Thomas Okey
https://archive.org/details/storyvenice01okeygoog
Maybe somebody would like to start another long-term project. Right now, I can find evidence of 25 books, some of them had several editions. Below are the results of a quick search, if you pick one of these up, you may want to check if there's later editions.
The Story of
Assisi by Lina Duff Gordon
https://archive.org/details/storyofassi00gord
Bruges by Ernest Gilliat-Smith
https://archive.org/details/storyofbruges0000unse
Brussels by Ernest Gilliat-Smith
https://archive.org/details/storyofbrussels00gill
Cairo by Stanley Lane-Poole[
COMPLETE: https://librivox.org/the-story-of-cairo-by-stanley-lane-poole/
Cambridge by Charles W. Stubbs
https://archive.org/details/storyofcambridge0000stub
Chartres by Cecil Headlam
https://archive.org/details/storyofchartres0000head
Constantinople by William H. Hutton
https://archive.org/details/constantinopleth41391gut
Coventry by Mary Dormer Harris [IN PROGRESS AS SOLO]
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58996
Dublin by D. A. Chart
https://archive.org/details/storyofdublin01char
Edinburgh by Oliphant Smeaton
https://archive.org/details/storyofedinburgh00smea
Ferrara by Ella Noyes
https://archive.org/details/storyofferrara00noyeuoft
Florence by Edmund G. Gardner
https://archive.org/details/storyofflorence00garduoft
London by Henry B. Wheatley
COMPLETE: https://librivox.org/the-story-of-london-by-henry-b-wheatley/
Milan by Ella Noyes
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53961
Moscow by Wirt Gerrare
https://archive.org/details/thestoryofmoscow46510gut
Nuremberg by Cecil Headlam
https://archive.org/details/thestoryofnuremb46401gut
Oxford by Cecil Headlam
1907 edition: https://archive.org/details/storyofoxford0000head
1912 edition (renamed to "Oxford and its story") https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46274
Padua, by Cesare Foligno
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000380341
Paris by Thomas Okey
https://archive.org/details/parisitsstorybyt00okey
Perugia by Margaret Symonds and Lina Duff Gordon
https://archive.org/details/storyofperug00symo
Pisa by Janet Ross and Nelly Erichsen
https://archive.org/details/storyofpisa00rossuoft
Prague by Count Luetzow
https://archive.org/details/storyofprague00lutz
Rome by Norwood Young
https://archive.org/details/storyofrome0008youn
Rouen by Theodore A. Cook
https://archive.org/details/storyofrouen00cook
Seville by Walter M. Gallichan
https://archive.org/details/storyofseville00galluoft
Siena by Edmund G. Gardner
https://archive.org/details/storyofsienasang00garduoft
Toledo by Hannah Lynch
https://archive.org/details/toledostoryofold00lync
Verona by Alethea Wiel
https://archive.org/details/storyofverona00wiel
Venice by Thomas Okey
https://archive.org/details/storyvenice01okeygoog
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These sound awesome. If I wasn't already doing two books about Venice I'd be interested in it. I'd be glad to help on group projects on any of them, though.
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I'll probably set up one or two after the March cleanup
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Ooh, tricky... I like to have the good ones to myself.
But if we do share, then the series is getting done quicker...
Okay, let's do this together. I'd love to do Cairo and Constantinople myself though.
And we need to decide if we go alphabetically or by "we don't have anything about *city* in the catalog yet"...
But if we do share, then the series is getting done quicker...
Okay, let's do this together. I'd love to do Cairo and Constantinople myself though.
And we need to decide if we go alphabetically or by "we don't have anything about *city* in the catalog yet"...
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It is really just if you want to share and have them in the catalog faster
My approach is usually "whatever we like best because we are the ones picking" I am obviously particular to Rome, Verona and Venice. But no worries. Whatever is left is fun.
Edit: I just started finding a few others, I am adding here because I don't have links to them yet, so I didn't want to mess the first post.
The Story of Ravenna, by Edward Hutton, published 1926, so still out of bounds for us (there is a review here)
The Story of Pisa by Janet Ross and Nelly Erichsen London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1909
The Story of Padua, by Cesare Foligno, 1910
My approach is usually "whatever we like best because we are the ones picking" I am obviously particular to Rome, Verona and Venice. But no worries. Whatever is left is fun.
Edit: I just started finding a few others, I am adding here because I don't have links to them yet, so I didn't want to mess the first post.
The Story of Ravenna, by Edward Hutton, published 1926, so still out of bounds for us (there is a review here)
The Story of Pisa by Janet Ross and Nelly Erichsen London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1909
The Story of Padua, by Cesare Foligno, 1910
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The Story of Pisa by Janet Ross and Nelly Erichsen, is here -
https://archive.org/details/storyofpisa00rossuoft
The Story of Padua, by Cesare Foligno, is here -
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000380341
https://archive.org/details/storyofpisa00rossuoft
The Story of Padua, by Cesare Foligno, is here -
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000380341
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So cool!
I can't see Padua, but Pisa is definitely part of the series.
I can't see Padua, but Pisa is definitely part of the series.
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The link for Padua is definitely part of the Mediæval Town Series. There is a listing of the various volumes of the series at the beginning in the book, also including one for -
The Story pf Milan by Ella Noyes (1908).
Gutenberg has it here -
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53961
Gutenberg also has a book on Ravenna, by Edward Hutton, published 1913, but I don't think it was part of the series -
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12542
The Story pf Milan by Ella Noyes (1908).
Gutenberg has it here -
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53961
Gutenberg also has a book on Ravenna, by Edward Hutton, published 1913, but I don't think it was part of the series -
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12542
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Thank you Phil, I've added your links to the OP.
The one on Ravenna that you found is probably not part of the series since the title is different.
He may have well written another one 13 years later though.
Edit: OH, gutenberg has a whole bookshelf of this series:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/401
I'll add the ones we don't have listed yet to the OP as well.
The one on Ravenna that you found is probably not part of the series since the title is different.
He may have well written another one 13 years later though.
Edit: OH, gutenberg has a whole bookshelf of this series:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/401
I'll add the ones we don't have listed yet to the OP as well.
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From what I found the Ravenna was first published in 1913 as just Ravenna, and then embellished and re-published as part of the collection in 1926 as The Story of Ravenna. So, the 1926 edition would be part of the series, but the 1913 would not.
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I see. Well, only one year to wait then.
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The other 28 would probably keep readers busy until then anyhow .
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There seems to be a later (and cheaper!) edition of The Story of Oxford, renamed "Oxford and its Story," published in 1912, on The Gutenberg Project: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46274Availle wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2021, 7:43 pm Oxford by Cecil Headlam
https://archive.org/details/storyofoxford0000head
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