nature – Treatises of Gloria

‘The Lying Toad’ – A Treatise on a Rediscovered Grimm Fairy Tale

Scholars of classic German Literature were delighted recently when a lost work by the Brothers Grimm was unearthed by workmen, who were refitting a harbour master’s boiler in Oberammergau. The work, which was dated to 1847, was serialised on the back of Bryant & May match boxes. Below, I’ve reproduced verbatim the translation produced byContinue reading “‘The Lying Toad’ – A Treatise on a Rediscovered Grimm Fairy Tale”

‘Cats and Dogs’ – A Treatise on the History of Precipitation

Rain was invented in Polynesia in about 6000B.C. It first appears in cave paintings on Samoa dating from that period. “It’s difficult to be certain,“ says archaeometeorologist, Professor Nonkenstein of Vermont University, “but it appears to be quite a heavy squall.“ Most experts agree, although TV’s Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen claims the brushstrokes indicate a lightContinue reading “‘Cats and Dogs’ – A Treatise on the History of Precipitation”