The Anatomy of Melancholy



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"All my griefs to this are jolly, Naught so damned as melancholy."
-- Robert Burton
from The Anatomy of Melancholy



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Writer and professor Charles Kingsley was born June 12, 1819.  He coined the term pteridomania (fern fever), describing the Victorian frenzy for ferns, in his 1855 book Glaucus.

Writer and professor Charles Kingsley was born June 12, 1819.  He coined the term pteridomania (fern fever), describing the Victorian frenzy for ferns, in his 1855 book Glaucus.

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