The August Journal
A newsletter on literature, culture, history, and philosophy.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 41 | Founded | 10 months ago | Last Issue | 11 days ago |
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If You Don’t Have Store-Bought Blush, the Blood From The Finger of a New-Born Child Will Do
The title of this article is derived from a letter by the British politician Horace Walpole in 1752, in which he complained of the savage lengths that women would go to in order to wear makeup. In his letter to George Montagu, Walpole mimic...
Was Poison Used in Ancient Warfare?
Did ancient warriors use poison? Did they coat their weapons with it, did they utilize toxins against enemies in war? TL;DR The answer is yes!
Cleopatra Testing Poison on Condemned Prisoners by Alexandre Cabanel, 1887
The long answer, how...
There is a Vampire Crawling Around a Tomb in a Parisian Cemetery
Baroness Elisabeth Demidoff’s mausoleum in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.
The municipality of Paris was receiving a wild influx of mail—applications, to be specific. Men, women, and children alike were practically clamoring at the gate...
But Who Will Hold the Hangman's Hand?
When asked the question “what do you want to be when you grow up?”, no child said “a hangman.” In fact, it is unlikely that any child or adult had ever met an executioner up close or spoken to one for any extended period of time, seeing as...
Just How Pied Was this Piper?
In the year 1284 on the day of John and Paul, the 26th of June, 130 children born in Hamelin were led away by a piper dressed in many-coloured clothes to Calvary close to the Koppen and were there lost.
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