My #weirdwords selection is ratiocination. I was reminded of this word while going through my emails during lunch & I came across a link to an interesting item in The Reader's Catalog. The item description for the lovely Voltaire Guest Book says, “The design of this hardcover book is based on an antique binding of Voltaire‘s Zadig; or The Book of Fate, first published in 1747. The binding was crafted in 1893 in Paris by Chamerot et Renouard;(CONT)
pickCollects all three Dupin tales that Poe wrote. Two of them, "Murders in the Rue Morgue" & "The Purloined Letter," are justifiably among his most well-known. The longest & weakest of the three "The Mystery of Marie Roget" is frustrating due to the seemingly endless convolutions. Poe's influence with the Dupin tales is incalculable. Dupin is considered to be one of the first literary detectives. He served as a model for Sherlock Holmes.
We should bear in mind that, in general, it is the object of our newspapers rather to create a sensation---to make a point---than to further the cause of truth.
The #multiplecopies challenge was a couple days ago. While looking through my book mail, I couldn't help but think about when a writer has collected volumes and selected works in different genres. I own the complete works of Poe in a giant volume, I also have a separate volume of collected poems and now a volume of his Dupin tales.
Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales | 
I also found this from MW interesting, “Poe didn't actually use ratiocination in (CONT) 1mo
A link to the Voltaire Guest Book:
https://shop.nybooks.com/collections/journals/products/voltaire-book-of-fate-gue... 1mo