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@victurk.bsky.socialOct 15, 2026, 5:25 PM

#onthisday, 15 Oct 1859, Lord Meath opened the #TurkishBaths in #Bray Co Wicklow. Built for William Dargan—the Irish Railway King—& initially run by Dr Barter, they were designed by Dr Barter's architect namesake. Bray was too small to support such large baths which soon closed. Demol 1980 🗃️ #C19th

Artist's impression of the exterior of the baths with a somewhat exaggerated height of the first floor and chimney. Stereocard based on photograph of the baths shortly after the building was completed. One of the two similar ends of the building showing doors for 1st and 2nd class baths, with an additional one for those taking private baths. Mr Richard Barter, RHA, namesake of Dr Richard Barter, was a sculptor and architect who, in the fifteen years between 1857 and 1872, designed and supervised the building of all fifteen of the Doctor's Turkish baths in Ireland and London. * The 3rd image shows the baths after closure when the original brickwork had been covered with stucco. * Recent research has shown that there is no evidence to indicate that Sir John Benson had anything to do with the design of the baths as stated in the 'Dictionary of Irish Architects' & elsewhere.
@victurk.bsky.socialOct 15, 2026, 5:20 PM

#onthisday, 15 Oct 1882, was born Éamon de Valera, politician & 3rd President of Ireland. During the 1922 civil war he & his followers hid in the #TurkishBaths at the Hammam Hotel, #Dublin. National soldiers shelled it on 5 July but they had already escaped—the Hammam was totally destroyed. 🗃️ #C19th

Éamon de ValeraAdvertisement for the Hammam Hotel and Turkish bath, Upper Sackville (now O'Connell) Street.Armoured cars outside the Hammam during the 1922 Irish Civil War. Although pounded by rifles, grenades, and machine-guns from 2-5 July, those hiding inside escaped. A few hours after this photo was taken……the building was completely destroyed.
@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialOct 15, 2026, 3:07 PM

If you have never read Justinus Kerner: Kleksographs (1890) is on the site in English. Kerner’s Hades pictures and Hell pictures. The first 4 parts are free to read; Club members read the rest.

thethinkingpress.org/translations/kleksographs
🗃️ 💙📚 #c19th

The cover of Kleksographs, by Justinus Kerner, translated by B. C. P. Statema, from The Thinking Press.
@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialOct 15, 2026, 10:07 AM

I've been translating G. H. Schubert's The Symbolism of Dreams (1814). The dream speaks a language of pictures older than words. The first 4 parts are free to read; Club members read the rest.

thethinkingpress.org/translations/symbolism-of-dreams
🗃️ 💙📚 #c19th

The cover of The Symbolism of Dreams, by G. H. Schubert, translated by B. C. P. Statema, from The Thinking Press.
@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialOct 15, 2026, 5:07 AM

I've been translating Carl du Prel's Magic as Natural Science, in two parts, Magical Physics and Magical Psychology (1899). Across both parts, 7 of 27 are free to read; Club members read the rest.

thethinkingpress.org/translations/magic-as-natural-science-1
🗃️ 💙📚 #c19th

The cover of Magic as Natural Science, Part One: Magical Physics, by Carl du Prel, translated by B. C. P. Statema, from The Thinking Press.
@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialOct 15, 2026, 3:07 AM

Justinus Kerner, Kleksographs (1890): “I grew ever more afraid, For the thing grew ever longer, Far too long for a mouse, And the Devil crawled out.” From Hell Pictures.

thethinkingpress.org/translations/kleksographs/excerpts
🗃️ 💙📚 #c19th

The cover of Kleksographs, by Justinus Kerner, translated by B. C. P. Statema, from The Thinking Press.
@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 10:07 PM

G. H. Schubert, The Symbolism of Dreams (1814): “On the way the inner voice says to him: what are you doing here?” From 4. The Hidden Poet.

thethinkingpress.org/translations/symbolism-of-dreams/excerpts
🗃️ 💙📚 #c19th

The cover of The Symbolism of Dreams, by G. H. Schubert, translated by B. C. P. Statema, from The Thinking Press.
@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 7:07 PM

I've been translating Karl Albert Scherner's The Life of the Dream (1861). The first book of Scherner’s Discoveries in the Realm of the Soul (Berlin, 1861). The first 3 parts are free to read; Club members read the rest.

thethinkingpress.org/translations/life-of-the-dream
🗃️ 💙📚 #c19th

The cover of The Life of the Dream, by Karl Albert Scherner, translated by B. C. P. Statema, from The Thinking Press.
@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 5:07 PM

Carl du Prel, Magic as Natural Science, Part One: Magical Physics (1899): “But this discovery could also have been reached by another road.” From II. The Magical Deepening of Modern Natural Science.

thethinkingpress.org/translations/magic-as-natural-science-1/excerpts
🗃️ 💙📚 #c19th

The cover of Magic as Natural Science, Part One: Magical Physics, by Carl du Prel, translated by B. C. P. Statema, from The Thinking Press.
@stephanieoffer.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 3:49 PM

I wrote a piece for the @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social diocesan newspaper about the research I'm working on with @rosemariemallett.bsky.social for #BlackHistoryMonth @blackhistorymonth.org.uk #Croydon #C18th #C19th 🗃✝️⚓️

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@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 11:07 PM

Glad to have this on the site: Kleksographs, by Justinus Kerner, from 1890, in English. Kerner’s Hades pictures and Hell pictures, made from folded ink blots and each explained in a verse: ghosts. Start with the free parts.

thethinkingpress.org/translations/kleksographs
🗃️ 💙📚 #c19th

The cover of Kleksographs, by Justinus Kerner, translated by B. C. P. Statema, from The Thinking Press.
@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 6:07 PM

Glad to have this on the site: The Symbolism of Dreams, by G. H. Schubert, from 1814, in English. The dream speaks a language of pictures older than words. Start with the free parts.

thethinkingpress.org/translations/symbolism-of-dreams
🗃️ 💙📚 #c19th

The cover of The Symbolism of Dreams, by G. H. Schubert, translated by B. C. P. Statema, from The Thinking Press.
@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 1:07 PM

Glad to have this on the site: Magic as Natural Science, in two parts, Magical Physics and Magical Psychology, by Carl du Prel, from 1899, in English. Start with the free parts.

thethinkingpress.org/translations/magic-as-natural-science-1
💙📚 #history #c19th

The cover of Magic as Natural Science, Part One: Magical Physics, by Carl du Prel, translated by B. C. P. Statema, from The Thinking Press.
@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 11:07 AM

Carl du Prel, Magic as Natural Science, Part Two: Magical Psychology (1899): “For the first time since his embarking Wilmot now had a good night again.”

thethinkingpress.org/translations/magic-as-natural-science-2/excerpts
💙📚 #history #c19th

@victurk.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 10:15 AM

#onthisday, 13 October 1853, was born the actor and singer Lillie Langtry who visited several #TurkishBaths, and also featured in an advert for the Pilgrim Street Turkish baths in #Newcastle. She may have been to Lord Armstrong's bath at #Cragside with HRH, but we're not absolutely sure. 🗃️ #C19th

Photo of Lillie Langtry advertising the baths, in a letter written in December 1885: "[ I write a line to tell you how much pleased I have been with the way you manage the Ladies Bath.] I attribute my perfect health to the Turkish Bath, which I take twice a week regularly. I find it keeps my skin in excellent condition, notwithstanding the pigments one is unfortunately obliged to use on the stage, and I think for all small ailments the Turkish Baths is the best Doctor to fly to."Photo of part of the entrance to the Pilgrim Street Turkish baths, to the right of Miller's paint shop.Architect James Shotton's plan of the Pilgrim Street Turkish baths. At the bottom of the plan can be seen the doorway from the street (partly shown in previous image).Typical advertisement for the baths giving the opening times, quoting Langtry's letter, and offering refreshments including chops and steaks. Also boasts "The Only Russian Bath in the North of England," though the validity of this claim is unknown.
@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 3:07 AM

The Symbolism of Dreams: G. H. Schubert's book of 1814, which I put into English for the press. The dream speaks a language of pictures older than words: Schubert’s book of 1814 on the hieroglyphs… Start with the free parts.

thethinkingpress.org/translations/symbolism-of-dreams
💙📚 #c19th

The cover of The Symbolism of Dreams, by G. H. Schubert, translated by B. C. P. Statema, from The Thinking Press.
@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 10:07 PM

Magic as Natural Science, Part Two: Magical Psychology: Carl du Prel's book of 1899, which I put into English for the press. The od as the bearer of life, the sixth sense… Start with the free parts.

thethinkingpress.org/translations/magic-as-natural-science-2
💙📚 #c19th

The cover of Magic as Natural Science, Part Two: Magical Psychology, by Carl du Prel, translated by B. C. P. Statema, from The Thinking Press.
@victurk.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 7:17 AM

#onthisday, 12 Oct 1868, the #Brighton #TurkishBaths opened in West Street. Architect, Horatio Nelson Goulty, the secretary, & all original directors of the Brighton Turkish Bath Co Ltd were Freemasons. www.victorianturkishbath.org/_6DIRECTORY/... Closed 1909, becoming the Academy Cinema. 🗃️ #C19th

Certificate No.758 for a £10 share in the Brighton Turkish Bath Company Limited. Drawings of the proposed hot room and cooling-room, with two floor plans. Drawing of bathers standing and seated round the plunge pool in the cooling-room, part of an advertisement for the baths shortly after opening. The exterior of the baths in 1939, thirty years after its closure and conversion into the Academy Cinema.
@asls.org.ukOct 10, 2026, 1:41 PM

Fossil hunter, folklorist, evangelist, stonemason, editor, social justice campaigner, & geologist, Hugh Miller (1802–1856) – born #OTD, 10 Oct – should be remembered in the company of Carlyle, Ruskin, Matthew Arnold & JS Mill as one of the leading moral & social thinkers of the #C19th

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Faded 19th-century sepia photograph of Hugh Miller. He is standing, dressed in workman's overalls, his shirt-sleeves rolled up. He has bushy hair and large sideburns, and his left elbow is propped up on a carved gravestone. His right hand rests on a large stonemason's maul, and he holds a chisel in his left hand.
@moliveiradev.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 11:02 AM

Today! Check it out if you're into #AnneLister, #research, and #c19th fun!

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