A retired Civil War general's assertions about the color blue led to what was known as the "Blue-glass craze."

BOOKS
Let this list serve as a fall book club guide.
As one of the founding fathers of science fiction, Herbert George Wells certainly had a lot to say about the human race.
The cartoonist revived his popular 1980s strip thanks to a letter from Harper Lee.
The author wrote the verses for the Primate Dixon Primary School in 1988.
The Metropolitan Museum has already expressed interest.
When Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1440, he couldn’t have foreseen how his humble creation would eventually lead to a global industry churning out millions of books each year.
On November 1, 1755, an earthquake released the energy equivalent of 32,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs, with Lisbon suffering the worst of it. Then the tsunami hit...
Print isn't dead—far from it.
Arthur Read and his friends have been amusing (and educating) kids via public television for 20 years.
Pottermore just released three unpublished illustrations by J.K. Rowling.
A third (largely unheralded) person played a vital role in the creation of the airplane: Katharine Wright.
Anita Thompson returned the trophy on his behalf.
The Baker Street Irregulars is the most exclusive book club around.
The plan was to create an anthology of stories and illustrations over a period of years.
It's difficult enough to write a sentence that doesn't contain the popular vowel. (There are eight right there.)