 In
1691, a group of English wits, calling themselves the
Athenian Society, founded a publication entitled, "The
Athenian Gazette or Causical Mercury, Resolving All
the Most Nice and Curious Questions proposed by the
Ingenious." The editors accepted questions posed
by readers on any and all topics, and sought the most
ingenious answers.
Inspired by their example, Edwin S. Clay III, former
president of the Virginia Library Association and Director
of the Fairfax County Public Library, created an occasional
column on Virginia facts that may require "ingenious
answers" of the type favored by those 17th-century
wags. The columns appear regularly in the e-newsletter,
Bacon’s Rebellion, which publishes opinion pieces
of Virginia politics, policy and economics. They are
reprinted courtesy of publisher, Jim Bacon.
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