by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 2, 2020 | Announcements, Library
Review by Librarian Robin Silva A book rarely surprises me, but this one did, delightfully. Why Fish Don’t exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller is not quite a biography, author memoir, science book, or self-help book, but a little...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 31, 2020 | Announcements, Library
This season, the Athenaeum added new books you could add to your late summer and fall reading lists. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the new books now available in the library: August New Books 2020 Not a Proprietor or...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 25, 2020 | Announcements, Library, Manuscripts
In the midst of re-numbering the entire library catalog, Librarian Robin Silva has uncovered some interesting history. In October 1907, a book had been discovered in the Athenaeum’s stock room, left there anonymously. Published in 1905, the book was The...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 28, 2020 | Announcements, Library
Review by Proprietor Gerald W. R. Ward For more than fifty years, the Dietrich American Foundation of Pennsylvania has played an important role in the world of early American art and material culture. Established in 1963 by H. Richard Dietrich Jr., the collection now...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 13, 2020 | Announcements, Library
Review by Research Librarian Carolyn Marvin Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout features the return of her prickly character Olive Kittredge from the small town of Crosby, Maine. And we, the reader, are so grateful to Strout and so ready to revisit the many villagers she...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 17, 2020 | Announcements, Library
This April, while there is a back-order on some new books, we still have added some, mostly by donation, to the library. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the new books now available in the library: April New Books 2020 Share...