Comments on: St. Elmo http://laniersbooks.com/2005/08/27/st-elmo/ antiquarian gems and gently-loved jewels Mon, 14 May 2012 17:30:24 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lanier Ivester http://laniersbooks.com/2005/08/27/st-elmo/comment-page-1/#comment-2311 Lanier Ivester Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:56:10 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=79#comment-2311 Martina! What a gorgeously small world this is!! Isn't that the loveliest coincidence? I love Barnsley, too. It's fired my imagination for years. :) It makes me happy to think that you have been there. And I'm wishing you could send us some of your snow! Advent blessings to you, friend. :) Martina! What a gorgeously small world this is!! Isn’t that the loveliest coincidence?

I love Barnsley, too. It’s fired my imagination for years. :) It makes me happy to think that you have been there.

And I’m wishing you could send us some of your snow! Advent blessings to you, friend. :)

]]> By: Martina http://laniersbooks.com/2005/08/27/st-elmo/comment-page-1/#comment-2310 Martina Wed, 08 Dec 2010 09:31:20 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=79#comment-2310 Dear Lanier, the picture in your post seemed so familiar to me. I just did a quick research and learned that this is Barnsley Gardens where I spent an absolutely lovely spring day when I was in GA. I cannot believe it!!! Maybe I couldn't stop reading because I knew the place! I will certainly read on with a different view now! One funny thing: Barnsley Garden still seems to belong to the German Fugger family, a very wealthy and influental family from my hometown of Augsburg dating back to the Renaissance. So there is one more connection... I also don't know if there are many copies of St. Elmo here - I really read a lot, and I love GA, but sadly I never ever heard of Augusta Evans. Thank you again for writing about her! Wishing you a very cozy advent time - we have tons of snow here! Martina Dear Lanier, the picture in your post seemed so familiar to me. I just did a quick research and learned that this is Barnsley Gardens where I spent an absolutely lovely spring day when I was in GA. I cannot believe it!!! Maybe I couldn’t stop reading because I knew the place! I will certainly read on with a different view now!
One funny thing: Barnsley Garden still seems to belong to the German Fugger family, a very wealthy and influental family from my hometown of Augsburg dating back to the Renaissance. So there is one more connection…
I also don’t know if there are many copies of St. Elmo here – I really read a lot, and I love GA, but sadly I never ever heard of Augusta Evans. Thank you again for writing about her!
Wishing you a very cozy advent time – we have tons of snow here! Martina

]]> By: Lanier Ivester http://laniersbooks.com/2005/08/27/st-elmo/comment-page-1/#comment-2306 Lanier Ivester Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:40:03 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=79#comment-2306 So happy to hear you are enjoying it, Martina! :) I know what you mean--I had a very similar experience with that book! (I have to wonder how many copies have wended their way to Germany! ;)) So happy to hear you are enjoying it, Martina! :) I know what you mean–I had a very similar experience with that book! (I have to wonder how many copies have wended their way to Germany! ;) )

]]> By: Martina http://laniersbooks.com/2005/08/27/st-elmo/comment-page-1/#comment-2305 Martina Tue, 07 Dec 2010 06:57:02 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=79#comment-2305 Thank you for introducing Augusta Evans and for shipping the beautiful copy of St.Elmo to me! Two days ago, I started reading it and read more than one hour past my usual bedtime without even noticing. This almost never happens! It really is a pleasure to accompany Edna. Thank you for introducing Augusta Evans and for shipping the beautiful copy of St.Elmo to me! Two days ago, I started reading it and read more than one hour past my usual bedtime without even noticing. This almost never happens! It really is a pleasure to accompany Edna.

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