"Here comes the sun" or "The final countdown"

The first post in 2014 is a kind of musical one (it's the Beatles and Europe if I'm not misstaken). That's because I got good news!! The two volumes of

Julia Ward Howe

finally arrived! They were announced for January 6th and came today... The parcle was absolutely wreked/wripped but fortunatelly the books survived the trip over the Atlantic without so much as a scratch.

As I had to work late today, I couldn't yet start reading but the weekend is just arround the corner so, enough time to get started with 826 pages. Those of you who want to follow my progress, just have a look at my Goodreads-Profil. I'll try and updated it every evening (CET).

Question of the day
Who is Julia Ward Howe?