Limbo, book covers and lyric poets

• It's now official. Although
  In the 5th century, St. Augustine declared that all unbaptized babies went to hell upon death. By the Middle Ages, the idea was softened to suggest a less severe fate, limbo,
  this concept is set to be rejected in official Catholic theology.
• At ...By It's Cover, Jim has a wonderful collection of old book covers, such as
  
  and many others.
• Rogue Classicism gives us a lovely fragment from the Greek lyric poet Praxilla. From her 'Adonis in the Underworld':
  Of all the pleasures in the upper world
  what I miss most is sunlight
  after that the stars, a full moon
  summer's late season harvest of fruits
  cucumber, apple, pomegranate, pear.