More Books on the Isle of Man

I mentioned in the last entry that I’d stumbled across a 1909 book on the Isle of Man that had been scanned in by the University of California. Curious, I’ve just done a search of the Internet Archive, and it’s returned (as of the time of writing) 21 results.

 

The wonderful thing is that, so far as I’ve checked, a number of them are books belonging to the University of California, and all date from around the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.

 

The mystery was explained when I looked at the first book in the list: The Isle of Man, by Joseph E. Morris, published in 1911. The flyleaf has an ex libris sticker that bears the legend The Library of the University of California Riverside; in memory of Professor Henry J. Quayle, presented by Mrs. Fannie Q. Paul, Mrs. Annie Q. Hadley and Mrs. Elizabeth Q. Flowers. I’m delighted to say that I have a copy of this in my own library, although I note that the cover is different from the version owned by Professor Quayle.

 

So my guess is that Professor Quayle (and that is a really Manx name) taught at UCAL, and then after his death, his three daughters presented some of his Manx books to the library… Judging by the fact that one of the other books is devoted to Trout Fishing, my guess would also be that the good professor enjoyed fishing in his spare time…

 

And then there is Edward Callow’s Phynodderee, dating from 1882, and held in the New York Public Library. More Manx Folklore! I’m a happy bunny.