Omniana, or Horæ Otiosiores, first appeared in Aikins Athenæum between 1807-08, and was published in book form in 1812. The (anonymous) authors were Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. As a set of eclectic musings and observations it strikes me that if they were written today they would be in someone’s blog, so, 200 years later, here goes.
Notes:
This blog is based on Omniana, or Horæ otiosiores (1812) Vol.1 and Omniana, or Horæ otiosiores (1812) Vol.2: page scans and (somewhat corrupt) full text of the 1812 edition from California Digital Library available at archive.org.
Page scans are also available from Google Books: Omniana, or Horæ otiosiores (1812) Vol.1. Omniana, or Horæ otiosiores (1812) Vol.2.
Some additional material has been drawn from: Omniana by Robert Southey and S T Coleridge, edited and introduced by Robert Gittings. Centaur Classics, London, 1969. (which includes >50 additional contributions and comments by STC added in later versions)
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