Literature Pick #19

The Coin of Dionysius

by Ernest Bramah

From the 1914 collection of detective short stories Max Carrados.

Fishermen Returning through a Wintry Forest

Fishermen Returning through a Wintry Forest
by Tang Di
1338
ink and color on silk

Quotable

"It is because the Divine Essence itself is Love and Wisdom, that all things in the universe have relation to good and truth; for everything that proceeds from love is called good, and everything that proceeds from wisdom is called truth." - Emanuel Swedenborg

Painting by William Hodges

A view of the Cape of Good Hope, taken on the Spot, from on board the Resolution, Capt. Cook

by William Hodges (1744-1797)

The Last Supper

The Last Supper 

13th century mosaic in the Basilica di San Marco in Venice by an unknown artist.

Literature Pick #18

A Scientist Rises

by Desmond Winter Hall 

From the November 1932 issue of Astounding Stories, this is an imaginative work of science fiction from the pulp fiction era.