Abstract:

Enquire Within was a domestic miscellany published monthly from January to November 1856. Reprinted on completion as a volume, it quickly became one of the best-selling books of the period. It offered a bewildering range of articles, but it was not until the publication of the final number that readers received the index and so were finally able to enquire within. Randomness can be unsettling, yet difference produces meaning. Taking Enquire Within as a case study, this paper examines the role of miscellaneity in the press and considers how the miscellaneous was made meaningful.

中文翻译：

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困惑而病态：阅读杂项并在内部查询

摘要：

《问问内心》是一本家庭杂记，每月出版于1856年1月至11月。该书重印成册后，迅速成为该时期最畅销的书之一。它提供了令人眼花be乱的文章范围，但是直到最终编号的发布，读者才获得了索引，因此终于可以在其中查询。随机性可能令人不安，但差异却产生了意义。本文以“打听内部”为例，研究了杂项在媒体中的作用，并考虑了杂项是如何变得有意义的。