Dear Matt,
Your post prompted me to go looking for a copy of Sabine Baring-Gould's book on werewolves. Imagine my surprise when the first edition offered on abebooks.com was published in 1975 when Pnin himself would have been nearly twenty (the book, I mean). So I googled Sabine B-G and to my surprise found she wasn't the young lady anthropologist I expected to see but this gentleman:
| Sabine Baring-Gould | |
|---|---|
 A portrait of the author. | |
| Born | 28 January 1834 Exeter, England |
| Died | 2 January 1924 (aged 89) Lew Trenchard, Devon, England |
| Occupation | Anglican priest, landowner |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Grace Taylor |
| Children | 15 |
| Relative(s) | Edward Baring-Gould |
Actually I shouldn't have been surprised - years ago I bought a copy of his book on surnames and now that I think of it, it was quite an old book. Still I really did think Sabine was a woman! Which reminds me that the author of a marvelous book on the Cinderella tale (which came up on this List in relation
to incest) who was a woman - oh what was her name? - anyway, I think it was you brought up the book, in which case I wish to thank you, because I acquired a copy of the book earlier this year and it is a wonderful addition to the library.
Carolyn
p.s. Did you notice? 15 children! Oh, and the true first edition of The Book of Were-Wolves appeared in 1865.