696: Chs 3-4 — Mr. Harrison's Confessions
CraftLit | Sep 19 2025 | 01:07:51
Ep. 696: Mr. Harrison's Confessions | Chapters 3-4
Book talk begins at 25:15
Pears, parties, and peculiar housemates—Mr. Harrison's adventures just keep getting more awkward (and more entertaining).
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- Durham U English Courselist
- And a close up of a class and one from the U of York (thank you LilyM)
- We caught Hank Mansplaining Knitting
- The Ultimate "We Have Notes" video from @KristineVike
- And the evil of Private Equity predatory practices (actually, she has a LOT of useful informational videos!)
- Spectacular FIXED SciShow video: I Remade the SciShow Knitting Video (with accurate SCIENCE) https://youtu.be/5btQokB32dQ
Solomon's Seal:
- Dutch Tiles—as with Cranford, these were out of style when the story was written/takes place. They have a resurgence of popularity during the Arts & Crafts movement: https://www.regtsdelfttiles.com/antique-delft-wall-tile-18th-century-horseman-in-manganese-rosette-corner-motifs.html
- The Jargonelle pear (Pyrus communis 'Jargonelle') is an ancient, hardy, long-lived pear variety, first mentioned in the 17th century. It produces medium-sized, yellow-green fruit with a reddish flush and musky, sweet, juicy flesh, ripe in late summer. The fruit must be eaten fresh as it does not store well.
- Sir Astley Cooper & Sir Robert Peel again
- Duncombe (silent final "be")
- The back room was my consulting-room ("the library," he advised me to call it), and he gave me a skull to put on the top of my bookcase, in which the medical books were all ranged on the conspicuous shelves; while Miss Austen, Dickens and Thackeray were, by Mr. Morgan himself, skilfully placed in a careless way, upside down or with their backs turned to the wall. HA!
- Women's veils: https://www.sewhistorically.com/mourning-in-the-1850s/ deep widow's mourning; such veils and fails, and capes and cloaks, that she looked like a black crape1 haycock2.
- very mal-àpropos that I could hardly keep from smiling; 3but I would not have done it for the world, … '"I have the 'dognoses' of my dear husband's complaint in my desk, Mr. Harrison, if you would like to draw up the case for the Lancet.