Reception and Dinner in Honor of Bound for the 1890s

Come Celebrate the Publication of

Bound for the 1890s: Essays on Writing and Publishing in Honor of James G. Nelson
Edited by Jonathan Allison, with a preface by G. Thomas Tanselle

Thursday, 28 December 2006, 5.30 p.m.
at the Franklin Inn Club, 205 South Camac Street, Philadelphia, PA

Sponsored by the William Morris Society in the United States. Published by the Rivendale Press, Bound for the 1890s presents exciting reinterpretations of Aubrey Beardsley, W. B. Yeats, John Lane, and other figures who shaped fin-de-siecle literature, book illustration, and aesthetic publishing. A volume of new essays by some of today’s most important scholars of the British 1890s, inspired by the groundbreaking work in publishing history of James G. Nelson. Contributors include Jonathan Allison, Philip K. Cohen, Nicholas Frankel, Steven Halliwell, Linda K. Hughes, Mark Samuels Lasner, Margaret D. Stetz, and Linda Gertner Zatlin.

... and Stay for Dinner!

After the book launch, join us for dinner at the historic turn-of-the-century Franklin Inn Club (founded 1902), whose members have included Joseph Pennell, A. S. W. Rosenbach, Owen Wister, Howard Pyle, and John Luther Long (the creator of Madam Butterfly). The price per person is $30.00 and payment may be made by check sent to the William Morris Society at the address below or via credit card/PayPal. There is a choice of meat or vegetarian entree and wine is included. Please RSVP by 23 December to

Mark Samuels Lasner, the William Morris Society in the U.S.
P.O. Box 53263
Washington, DC 20009
302-831-3250 / marksl @ udel.edu Use your credit card or PayPal account to make your dinner reservation now! You will need your name, address, and payment information. In order to get an accurate count of how may folks plan to attend, please fill in a separate form for each person. Once your payment is processed, you will be returned automatically to this page.

Reservation for the Book Launch Dinner on 28 Dec 2006, 6.00 p.m.: $30.00 per person
Do you require a vegetarian entree?

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