{"product_id":"9781455397747","title":"The Casual Ward: Academic and Oddments (1912)","description":"Collection of essays, first published in 1912. According to Wikipedia: \"Alfred Denis Godley (1856--1925) was a classical scholar and author of humorous poems. From 1910 to 1920 he was Public Orator at the University of Oxford, a post that involved composing citations in Latin for the recipients of honorary degrees. One of these was for Thomas Hardy who received an Honorary D. Litt. in 1920, and whose treatment of rural themes Godley compared to Virgil. He is mainly remembered today for his humorous verse, including macaronic pieces such as The Motor Bus, which playfully mixes Latin declensions with English.\"","brand":"B\u0026R Samizdat Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173652709616,"sku":"9781455397747","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781455397747_p0.jpg?v=1763866011","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781455397747","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}