tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post5039724142769464314..comments2024-03-29T07:25:04.687-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: The Mudie BluesLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-75687404161090187112017-06-07T15:07:54.656-04:002017-06-07T15:07:54.656-04:00Rob, your post brought back some memories. During ...Rob, your post brought back some memories. During my senior year in high school, after trying out for many plays and never making it, I got the coveted role of Townsperson in Inherit the Wind. (I think the director felt sorry for me.)I didn't have any lines, but I did get to sing and murmur a lot--in chorus with about twenty other townspeople, of course. It was great fun.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17673578800047888317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-52285109326509021992017-06-07T10:20:10.175-04:002017-06-07T10:20:10.175-04:00The other thing about Mudie's is that he was t...The other thing about Mudie's is that he was the Victorian equivalent of the Hays Commission: everything had to follow his moral code. Not everyone appreciated this, even among the nice people: In Anthony Trollope's "The Eustace Diamonds", old Lady Linlithgow tells her new companion, "I don't subscribe to Mudie's, because when I asked for 'Adam Bede,' they always sent me the 'Bandit Chief.' Perhaps you can borrow books from your friends at Richmond." Some authors (like Thomas Hardy and George Moore) found it hard to get into his circulation.Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-54540818389145213802017-06-07T10:01:26.695-04:002017-06-07T10:01:26.695-04:00Paul, maybe Bezos did. Janice, later in life Du C...Paul, maybe Bezos did. Janice, later in life Du Chaillu returned to Africa and declined to shoot anymore, preferring to study them alive.Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-32215198979320502252017-06-07T10:01:08.995-04:002017-06-07T10:01:08.995-04:00Fascinating!!Fascinating!!John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-23431224789395018572017-06-07T08:04:59.803-04:002017-06-07T08:04:59.803-04:00A good account. Mudie was indeed a pioneer, but to...A good account. Mudie was indeed a pioneer, but too bad about the gorillasjanice lawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-22243944043303365152017-06-07T07:28:50.773-04:002017-06-07T07:28:50.773-04:00Rob, Mudie makes me think of the saying "the ...Rob, Mudie makes me think of the saying "the more things change, the more they stay the same." And maybe Jeff Bezos had heard of Mudie... --- By the way, love the hat!Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.com