Three Men in a Boat a typical boating holiday of the time in a Thames camping skiff. This was just after commercial boat traffic on the Upper Thames had died out, replaced by the 1880s craze for boating as a leisure activity. Following the overwhelming success of "Three Men in a Boat", Jerome later published a sequel, about a cycling tour in Germany, titled "Three Men on the Bummel" (also known as "Three Men on Wheels", 1900). The story begins by introducing George, Harris, Jerome (always referred to as "J."), and Jerome's dog, named Montmorency. The men are spending an evening in J.'s room, smoking
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933–1944 how different it was from what Holiday sang. Until that moment, I had not fully gauged how freely imaginative her embellishments could be. By ironing out a phrase here, retarding another there, raising this note, slurring that, she transformed a hopelessly banal and predictable melody into something personal, real, meaningful." "* live recordings" Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933–1944 Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933–1944 is a ten-CD box set of master recordings and alternate takes by jazz singer Billie Holiday that was released by Legacy Recordings in 2000. The box resembles a 78