Captain Cuttle's Mailbag: History, Folklore, and Victorian Pedantry from the Pages of Notes and Queries [Hardcover]

On offer here are reflections on witches and bogards, immoral literary works, the use of mice as medicine, anecdotes of old times, the insatiability of the hedgehogsigns of a charmingly curious world not so readily seen when merely regarding the grandiosity of Victorian progress. It is an ideal book for the bedside table, or perhaps the smallest room of the house for those who like to linger there. I found it to be a delightful book to take on public transport journeys and read in short instalments. There is a wealth of amusement to be had, and no shortage of obscure facts and anecdotes that impinge on the mind for future use in conversation. . . .