The Google Book was written by economist Vincent Cartwright Vickers in 1913

1913 in literature

The year 1913 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Husayn Haykal publishes the first modern Egyptian novel Zaynab.-New books:* Alain-Fournier — Le Grand Meaulnes* L...

 and is said to be a kind of children's monster book about a monster called Google that can howl. The book has surrealist illustrations of various fictitious birds created by Vickers. Vickers, whose extended family owned Vickers Limited

Vickers Limited

Vickers Limited was a famous British engineering conglomerate that merged into Vickers-Armstrongs in 1927.-Early history:Vickers was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by the miller Edward Vickers and his father-in-law George Naylor in 1828. Naylor was a partner in the foundry Naylor &...

, wrote the book while serving as a Governor of the Bank of England

Bank of England

The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694, it is the second oldest central bank in the world...

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External links

• The Google Book at Google Blogoscoped
  Google Blogoscoped
  Google Blogoscoped is a blog authored by Philipp Lenssen covering the search engine company Google since 2003.Blogoscoped reports mainly on product releases but also offers tips and tutorials and tracks any projects of the Mountain View, California company...