[Membroj] Handbook of Volapük

[Erin Piateski]

I own this book.  Anyone who would like to borrow it is welcome to it.

FYI I read it and enjoyed it.

Erin

2009/8/24 Ralph Dumain <rdumain at autodidactproject.org>:
> Menad bal pük bal !
>
> Not quite what you think. Yes, Charles E. Sprague’s 1888 Handbook of Volapük
> is available online:
>
> http://personal.southern.edu/~caviness/Volapuk/HBoV/
>
> . . . and there are other resources on Volapük available online:
>
> http://personal.southern.edu/~caviness/Volapuk/
>
> But what I'm talking about here is a recent, novel--yes, a novel!--published
> in 2006: A Handbook of Volapük by Andrew Drummond.
>
> Here is the amazon.com entry,
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Volapuk-Andrew-Drummond/dp/1904598676/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251030403&sr=1-1
>
> but more importantly, Andy Drummond has his own web site with a section on
> the novel:
>
> http://www.andydrummond.net/volapuk.html
>
> The full title:
>
> A Hand-Book of Volapük and an Elementary Manual of its Grammar and
> Vocabulary,
> Prepared from the Gathered Papers of Gemmell Hunter Ibidem Justice;
> Together with an Account of Events Relating to the Annual General Meeting of
> 1891
> of the Edinburgh Society for the Propagation of a Universal Language.
> Edited for the First Time by Dr. Charles Cordiner,
> Emeritus Professor of Phrenology at Fraserburgh University.
>
> Partisans of Volapük, Esperanto, and rival international language projects
> battle it out in late 19th century Europe. A whodunit of historic
> proportions.
>
> There are links to other pages, including an extract, reviews, and a web
> guide to materials on Volapük:
>
> http://www.andydrummond.net/Volapuk/Materials.htm
>
> See also this review:
>
> "Universal Languages" by Hannah Adcock
> http://textualities.net/hannah-adcock/universal-languages/
>
> I've never seen this book, let alone read on, but I'll be on the lookout.
> Might be a good book for a reading club, perhaps?
>
>
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