Hamilton, Kate

Katie Hamilton

Katie Hamilton grew up in Germany; she lived in Morocco and in the Arkansas Ozarks before settling in Phoenix. Combining an early interest in electronics with a degree in business administration, Katie rescued computer systems for a living. She founded Metheglin Press to reissue centuries-old reference books for modern historians.

Metheglin Press mission statement:
Publish reference books of past centuries for modern historians. Use original text; add introduction, modern alphabetical index and glossary.

Metheglin publications:
The Merchant's Almanac of 1622 ISBN 1889023027, October 1996 [Original title: Consuetudo Vel Lex Mercatoria or The Ancient Law Merchant, Divided into Three Parts According to the Essential Parts of Traffic. Necessarie for all Statesmen, Iudges, Magistrates, Temporall and Ciuile Lawyers, Mint-men, Merchants, Marriners, and all others negotiating in all places of the World. By Gerard Malynes, Merchant. London, 1622]
Snails, Sex and Sermons in 1744 ISBN 1889023094, September 2000 Excerpts translated from the German original Author's research and refutation of Aristotle's assertions. [Original title: Testaceo Theologia or (transl.)Thorough Proof of the Existence and of the most perfect Attributes of an Eternal Being, gathered through physical and spiritual Contemplation of Snails and Shells, and prepared for the due Glorification of GOD and for the advancement of the Service owed to HIM. By Friedrich Christian Lesser, Pastor of Sts. Jacob and Martin, Nordhausen. Leipzig, 1744]
A. E. Youman's A Dictionary of Every-Day Wants: 20,000 Receipts in Nearly every Department of Human Effort, 1870, in four volumes: Arts, Crafts and Hobbies, 1850