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Date:         Sun, 10 Jan 1993 11:33:17 CST
From:         ENCOPE@LSUVM.BITNET
Subject:      Calling All Cars, er, Canadians--APB on CSECS

Does anyone in the electronic area know the dates and the venue for the
1993 Canadian (CSECS) meeting?  The subject convention was last seen heading
toward Arnd Bohm.  Any reports from the field?  Thank you.

Kevin L. Cope     ENCOPE@LSUVM.SNCC.LSU.EDU or ENCOPE@LSUVM.BITNET
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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 09:32:12 +0100
From:         Walter Felscher <iikfe01@MAILSERV.ZDV.UNI-TUEBINGEN.DE>
Subject:      Re: De Marees, Louis the Great, and the United Colonies

Also, the establishment of the United Provinces was hardly connected
with [a deception of] the British government.

W.F.
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From:         Irwin Primer <primer@ANDROMEDA.RUTGERS.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Query: Dunton's LADIES' DICTIONARY

If Shields receives a private reply to his query about foreign models for
Dunton's THE LADIES DICTIONARY (London, 1694), I hope he'll share that in-
formation with us.  I was reading that work in the rare book room of
Princeton U.L. three days ago and was impressed with the range of the
articles in its 528 pages.  The subtitle reads: Being a General Entertainment
for the Fair-Sex: A Work Never attempted before in _English_.  The preface,
which runs from A2recto to [A4verso], is signed by "N.H."--has this N.H.
ever been identified?
   The entries begin with "Aabigal" and end with "Zeal."  The entry on
"Nakedness" is a very interesting paradoxical argument FOR nakedness and of
course gets into the origin and functions of clothing.  Under "Adultery and
Uncleanness" we find that "_Thalestris_ Queen of the _Amazons_ came 25 days
journey to lie with _Alexander_."  (Geoffrey Tillotson's note on Thalestris
in THE RAPE OF THE LOCK [Twickenham Edition of Pope's poems, vol. ii] avoids
any direct mention of Thalestris' amorous conquests.)  There are many other
entries on biblical and pagan mythological (and historical) women.  Aphra
Behn is mentioned in two separate entries: the first one occurs not in the
"B" group but in the "A's"--"Astrea Behn, a Dramatick Writer"; the second
appears in the article "Poetesses" where she is called "Astera Behen," of
whom it is written that "she was a retained Poetress [sic] to one of the
Theatersses [sic!]...."  What follows is a vigorous plea for women to culti-
vate their literary talents in order to rebut and rebuff all of the "Satyrs,
Pasquils, Lampoons &c" written against women by the men.  The longest
article, I think, is "Love, fully treated on," which runs from p. 263 col. a
to p. 305 col. b.
   I saw a reference to this work in Mary Ann O'Donnell's APHRA BEHN: AN
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY; have other scholars been using this unusually inter-
esting work?  Has it been reprinted in any of the reprint series of feminist
literature or of significant reference works?  If a paperback reprint were
to appear, it would sell out in a week.

Irwin Primer
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Date:         Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:33:55 FULL
From:         SHIELDSD@CITADEL.BITNET
Subject:      Dunton's LADIES DICTIONARY

I concur with Irwin Primer's recommendation that LADIES DICTIONARY be reprinted.
   Its information on the body, psychology, occupations, stages of life is extra
   -
ordinary. Another reprint candidate: THE CHALLENGE . . . OR, THE FEMALE WAR
   (London: Whitlock, 1697). "Letters on all disputalbe points concerning women"

pro & con. The defenses were written by the London women's tea tables under the
   direction of Rachel Godfrey.  (Who is she?) Fascinating.
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Subject:      NEW LIST: COPYEDITING-L Copy editors & other interested folk

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Date:         Fri, 8 Jan 1993 09:56:16 CST
From:         Jeffrey W Merrick <jmerrick@CSD4.CSD.UWM.EDU>
Subject:      Morellet

Anyone working on the abbe Andre Morellet (1727-1819) and
interested in contributing to a collection of articles about him,
please contact Jeffrey Merrick, History Department, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P O Box 413, Milwaukee WI 53201 [(414) 229-
4924/4361].  E-mail: jmerrick@csd4.csd.uwm.edu.
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Date:         Fri, 8 Jan 1993 16:56:00 EST
From:         Noble Savage Philosophers <USERF98F@RPITSMTS.BITNET>
Subject:      NSP-L new listserv address

Recently the powers that be changed the name of NSP-L's listserv from

listserv@rpiecs

to

listserv@rpitsvm

Please inform those who may be interested.

barry

ps

I beleive they will maintain the old address for a period of
transition.
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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 01:08:45 -0500
From:         james schmidt <jschmidt@ACS.BU.EDU>
Subject:      De Marees, Louis the Great, and the United Colonies

In the course of editing an English translation of Andreas Riem's 1788
pamphlet "Ueber Aufklaerung", a few problems have arisen in tracing
allusions and references.  I was wondering if anyone could help me on the
points which follow.

1.      In the essay Riem refers a couple of times to "de Marees":  "why do your
theologians scuffle, why do your exegetes battle; why do your De Marees cry
out as if human understanding held a knife to the throat of religion?" and
"If here and there a de Marees chaffs at the corner of their garment, they
can put up with it calmly, because the enemy of reason has lost his teeth."
Who - or what - is a "de Marees"?

2.      In another passage Riem states that  "posterity wisely judges Louis the
persecutor whom some have called 'the Great' - and speaks of his conversions
by dragoons, gallows, and gallies, as the blood-thirsty man deserves."  Jean
Mondot's French translation of this passage guesses that the Louis referred
to here is Louis XIV.  But what about Louis I (Louis the Great) of Hungary
and Poland (1326-1382).  Wouldn't he be more blood-thirsty than Louis XIV?
But the references to "Dragoner, Galgen und Galeeren" seems more appropriate
to Louis XIV.  Was there ever a Louis who was infact called "Louis the
Persecutor"

3.      In a passage which would appear to be about the newly founded United
States, Riem asks "What brought about the free state of the united colonies?
 Deception of the English government and deception of the colonies." ["Was
brachte den Freistaat der verinigten Kolonien hervor? Taeuschung der
englishcen Ministeriums, und Taeuschung der Kolonien."]  He goes on to
describe the weakness of the current constitution in which "Every province
is sovereign, and so every province is by itself powerless!" ["Jede Provinz
ist souveraen, und also jede fuer sich ohnmaechtig!"].  But was "verinigten
Kolonien" the term used by Germans in the late 1780s to refer to the "United
States"?  The passage in question immediately preceeds a discussion of the
situation in the United Provinces during the Patriot Rebellion, so I want to
be sure that this isn't also a reference to the Dutch.

Thanks, in advance, for your help.
James Schmidt
Boston University
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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 10:48:34 FULL
From:         SHIELDSD@CITADEL.EDU
Subject:      ASECS 1994 PROPOSALS

25TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR EIGHTEENTH CENTURY STUDIES
CHARLESTON, S.C. MARCH 9-13, 1994

The Charleston Program Committee  invites seminar proposals for
the 1994 annual meeting of ASECS. Preference will be given to topics with
interdisciplinary focus. We also strongly encourage proposals with
international scope. The   Committee particularly seeks proposals for seminars
on dance history, international history of the book, oriental studies, cultural
exchange and international trade, and the historiography of the past 25 years of
Eighteenth-Century Studies. Submissions should include the title and brief
description of the seminar, the organizer's name and address, and the
endorsements of 8 members in good standing of ASECS. Proposers are encouraged
to use a variety of seminar formats. No more than half the papers delivered at
a seminar may be solicited by the proposer until the membership at large has had
an opportunity to submit papers. DEADLINE for Seminar Proposals: May 15, 1994.
Paper submission deadline: October 1, 1994.
        Send Proposals to David S. Shields, SHIELDSD@CITADEL.EDU
                          Dept. of English
                          The Citadel
                          Charleston, SC 29409  803-792-5139
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Date:         Sat, 9 Jan 1993 15:36:44 CST
From:         Steve Daniel <E343SD@TAMVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Commentator on Jonathan Edwards

In 1834 Edward Hickman produced a revised edition of the Works of Jonathan
Edwards .  It has since been reprinted by the Banner of Truth Trust in a
two volume set.  In the advertisement at the beginning of the first volume
there is mention that the valuable notes of a Dr. Williams have been added.
Does anyone know the identity of this Dr. Williams?  Thanks in advance.

Steve Daniel, Philosophy
Texas A&M University
s-daniel@tamu.edu
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Date:         Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:09:02 -0600
From:         FRAE141@UTXVMS.BITNET
Subject:      Re: Query: Dunton's LADIES' DICTIONARY

Well, there is the Dictionnaire des precieuses, if my memory serves me well.
What sort of a thing is Dunton's Ladies Dictionary? That would help people
answer the query.

Bonne chance!

--Bob Dawson
French-Italian
University of Texas, Austin
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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 12:27:22 EST
From:         John O'Neill <joneill@ITSMAIL1.HAMILTON.EDU>
Subject:      More About French Rentals

My wife and 22-year-old son and I are planning a visit to Paris in March
to visit our daughter, who is studying there this year.  We had planned
to make reservations at a hotel, but the recent message about "French
Rentals" prompts me to ask whether anybody on the discussion list knows
of an apartment which might be available for a brief sublet at that
time.

We'll be in Paris from Tuesday, March 16 until Wednesday, March 24.

If anybody knows of a possibility, I'd be glad to hear of it.

(I realize it's unlikely, of course, but what the heck--it's worth a
try, isn't it?)

Thanks very much.

--John H. O'Neill (joneill@hamilton.edu)
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Date:         Sun, 10 Jan 1993 10:56:59 EST
From:         Nathaniel Paradise <nparadis@SAS.UPENN.EDU>
Subject:      Dunton's LADIES DICTIONARY

I don't know who the N.H. who wrote the preface to THE LADIES DICTIONARY
is, but I see that Dunton published THE COMPLEAT TRADESMAN in 1684,
"composed by N.H. merchant in the city of London."

As to whether Dunton had some model in  German, French, etc for his
dictionary, I wonder whether he might not have had some model in English!
"A work never before attempted" always raises red flags in my mind. I know
very little about Dunton, but I seem to remember reading in J Paul Hunter,
_Before Novels_ (1990) that Dunton was obsessed with presenting his work
as new-fangled and entirely novel.

Nathaniel Paradise
Univ. of Penn
nparadis@mail.sas.upenn.edu
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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 10:35:58 -0500
From:         james schmidt <jschmidt@ACS.BU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: De Marees, Louis the Great, and the United Colonies

Thanks for confirming my assumptions about the "verinigten Kolonien" as a
reference to the United States.  Are there any suggestions about the identity
of De Marees and of "Louis the Great"?
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Date:         Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:27:16 -0500
From:         BCJ@PSUVM.BITNET
Subject:      Query: Dunton's LADIES' DICTIONARY

[The attached query got tangled up in the mailer today; we are now
forwarding it with the network garbage excised -- KB]

> From:    SHIELDS@CITADEL.BITNET
> Subject: Dunton's LADIES' DICTIONARY
>
> I am doing some work on the creation of print markets in the English-
> speaking world during the 1690s.  I've been puzzling about John
> Dunton's attempts to project a women's readership.  Question: Dunton
> claims that THE LADIES DICTIONARY (London, 1694) is "a work never
> attempted before in English." This suggests to me that it might have
> been attempted in some other language. Does Dunton have a
> French/Dutch/German/Italian model?
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Date:         Thu, 7 Jan 1993 14:01:13 CST
From:         ENCOPE@LSUVM.BITNET
Subject:      SCSECS Packets in the Mail

I'm pleased to announce that SCSECS 1993 program and registration packets
are in the mail!  The packets will be coming by third-class post, so allow
them a little time.  I look forward to seeing you all at SCSECS, where our
own Kevin Berland will be offering an e-mail and e-database demonstration!
     Cheers,  KEVIN L. COPE     SCSECS President
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Date:         Thu, 7 Jan 1993 12:39:31 -0500
From:         BCJ@PSUVM.BITNET
Subject: Historical Computing (xposted from HUMANIST)

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Date:         Thu, 7 Jan 1993 12:21:24 EST
Reply-To:     Elaine Brennan <EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET>
From:         Elaine Brennan <EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET>
Subject:      6.0430  Historical Computing  (1/60)
To:           "Kevin J.H. Berland" <BCJ@PSUVM.BITNET>

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 6, No. 0430. Thursday, 7 Jan 1993.

Date:       Wed, 06 Jan 93 16:12:23 GMT
From:       Donald A Spaeth <GKHA13@CMS.GLASGOW.AC.UK>
Subject:    Association for History and Computing UK conference

Please circulate:


NEW HORIZONS IN HISTORICAL COMPUTING

SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR HISTORY AND COMPUTING

UNIVERSITY OF YORK, 25 - 27 MARCH 1993

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

The Association for History and Computing seeks to act as a forum for all
those interested in the development of IT applications in research and
teaching in History in universities, colleges, schools, archives and
museums. The 1993 conference of the UK branch of the association will
concentrate on 'new horizons' in historical computing in the following
areas:

* The application of new technologies
  - inter-active multi-media packages
  - innovations in CDI editing
  - innovations in GIS applications

* The opportunities offered by new, easier to use, commercial
        software packages
  - database systems
  - text analysis

* The application of IT in meeting the challenge of teaching
        increased student numbers
  - Computer Assisted Learning in History
  - After TLTP, what next?

* A focus on new work by graduate students

* The development of new research tools for Historians.
  - bibliographies
  - archives
  - KLEIO
  - the Sites and Monuments' Record

* New developments in genealogy and family history.

The cost of the conference will be around 89 pounds sterling, including a
registration fee of 15 pounds. Reductions will be available for
non-residents.

If you are interested in attending this conference, or would like to
exhibit or contribute to one of the conference sessions, please contact:

Dr E. Royle
Department of History
Vanbrugh College
University of York
Heslington
York
YO1 5DD

Telephone: 0904 - 432974
E-mail: ER1@uk.ac.york.vaxa
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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 20:25:55 -0500
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Subject:      Re: ASECS 1994 PROPOSALS

ASECS will be April 21-25 in Providence, R.I. (I think it starts on
Wednesday the 21st, maybe Thursday.) Programs to be out in February.
--Laura Kennelly
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Date:         Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:34:09 -0500
From:         BCJ@PSUVM.BITNET
Subject:      Re: De Marees

See also H. Phillips, "Desmarets: The Biography of History," Seventeenth
Century French Studies, 14 (1992), 169-76.

Kevin Berland
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Date:         Mon, 4 Jan 1993 19:55:39 -0500
From:         BCJ@PSUVM.BITNET
Subject:      Call for Papers: History

January 15 is the deadline for proposals for possible presentations at the
spring meeting of the New England Historical Association, in April in
Portland, Maine.

Contact Neal R. Shipley, Department of History, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, Mass. 01003 USA.
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Date:         Mon, 11 Jan 1993 12:31:17 -0500
From:         WEITZMAN@NORTHEASTERN.EDU
Subject:      Eccles and Congreve's "Semele"

To 18th-C. opera buffs living in the vicinity of NYC:
    An 18th-century opera is currently being produced in New York this
week, and THE SCRIBLERIAN solicits anyone who feels competent enough to
review it for a coming issue of the journal (devoted to the period 1660-1750.
    The opera is "Semele," a not very well known piece (a mock retelling
of the ancient myth involving Semele, Jupiter, Juno) composed by John
Eccles in 1706 and based on a libretto by Wm Congreve.  This revival is
apparently the second one in history; it was never performed in the 18th
C.  The group staging this interesting semi-opera (?) is the Mannes Camerata.
Performances may be viewed this week at Merkin Hall (129 West 67th St.in
Manhattan), Tuesday, 12th and Wednesday 13th of Jan.
    THE SCRIBLERIAN solicits a judicious review of 200 words tops, and will
accept it via E-mail (weitzman@northeastern.edu), fax (617 437 2509) or
by typscript--perferred actually--by regular mail (THE SCRIBLERIAN, 406
HO, Northeastern Univ., Boston,  MA 02115).
Arthur J. Weitzman, coeditor
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From:         Nathaniel Paradise <nparadis@SAS.UPENN.EDU>
Subject:      Robinson Crusoe

Clara Reeve indicates in _The Progress of Romance_ (1785) that people
already thought of _Robinson Crusoe_ as a children's book. Does anyone
know of an earlier date for this view of the book? (I'm not a Defoe
scholar, so forgive me if there's an obvious answer to this question).

Nathaniel Paradise
U of Penn
nparadis@mail.sas.upenn.edu
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