I’m reading Percival Leigh’s The Comic English Grammar: a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue, which is part of the Emory University Library‘s yellowback novels (via). Also in that collection: some probably really wretched and/or hilarious (“probably” because I haven’t read them yet) romance novels like The fossicker a romance of Mashonaland, Hard cash a matter-of-fact romance, The backwoods’ bride a romance of squatter life, Mrs. Crichton’s creditor a novel and my absolute favourite title The penny wedding a romance of love and war, wasted affections, empty physic bottles, and unpaid school bills. And the more well-known The Moonstone and Ingenue. All of which I’m going to have to read. I’m not sure I can express the level of glee with which I am browsing this database. And I had no idea that Benjamin Disraeli wrote romance novels! Huh.
