Veni, Vidi, Vici: A look at the PW
bestseller list of 50 years ago (1961) reveals
Winnie Ille Pu, the Latin translation of Milne's
Winnie the Pooh by Alexander Lenard, in spot no. 7. It's still in print today. Read this interesting
New York Times piece on its unexpected success.
2 comments:
I still have my copy. Fifty years ago I was a high school freshman taking my first Latin course and my sister gave the book to me for Christmas.
"Tum, tum, tum," dixit Pooh.
I think the silly old bear looks quite handsome in his toga. :-)
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