Oops...

[ffutures]

I was about to start scanning the illustrated version of The Purple Cloud I found in The Royal Magazine tonight. Then I remembered to check the author's dates. And of course M.P. Sheil died 1n 1947, a year after Wells, and won't go out of European copyright until 2017.

Oh well...

On the other hand, I have scanned another 36 stereoscopic photos, and sorted out some other minor things for the FF CD-ROM, so I haven't exactly been wasting my time today.

And for ping-pong fans everywhere, here's what the game looked like in 1901

Comments

[willplant.livejournal.com]

it does rather put Boris's 'Wiff-Waff' comment at the Olympics into context.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Well, the article I got these pictures from doesn't use that name, but I suppose it's possible.