A Little History of the World

I dropped into the Brunswick Street Bookstore on Monday evening's journey home from work, specifically to check out A Little History of the World. A friend had told me about this recently - a history of the world written for children by the Austrian art historian Ernst Gombrich in 1935. Although it's been translated into numerous languages, Gombrich held off on an English translation, because he felt the English were too insular to appreciate the wider context of world history. Finally, just before his death in 2001, he decided to allow for an English edition. There is a 'delightful' article here. At $50 for the current hardcover, I'll be waiting for the paperback edition.