but they had good tenants and the Reeds Building, prominently displayed on letterheads and emblazoned with their names, gave them a feeling of security, while stamping their presence firmly on the bookselling and publishing scene’. In
In a blaze of publicity, Peter Jackson, Black heavyweight champion of the world, arrived in England at the end of August 1889. In order to satiate public demand to see him, line some pockets, and escalate interest in his forthcoming match with the English champion, Jem Smith, he spent the...
1) England followed France, & America followed England; 2) Trade & communication with other parts of the world was limited; e.g. Japan was an isolationist country until the end of the Shogun era; 3) France made great fabrics, laces, notions, & designs 4) The French, uninhibited compared...
Verandah wards with folding windows, usually occupying the length of one side, originated in Denmark, and were introduced to England by Charles Ernest Elcock at the County Hospital, Hertford. Beds were placed parallel to the the side walls in groups of four, separated by glass partitions, inste...
House of Commons membership changeMembership change, by county, in the House of Commons as a result of the Reform Act of 1832 (England only). Whig interest in parliamentary reform went back to the 18th century, and Grey himself provided a link between two separate periods of public agitation...
Daily Life in Victorian Englandby Sally Mitchell Victorian People and Ideasby Richard D. Altick Southern Honor: Ethics and Behavior in the Old Southby Bertram Wayatt-Brown The Gentlemen and the Roughsby Lorien Foote Honor: A Historyby James Bowman...
The first Christmas cards in England were designed for Sir Henry Cole, the Chairman of the Society of the Arts. Victorian Christmas Card © Oberholster Venita via Pixabay The year was 1846 and the first 100 Christmas cards, designed by John Calcott Horsley, were printed at great expense whi...
The Victorian England Quiz: Art, Literature, and Life Gender and class in Victorian society Victorian society was organized hierarchically. While race, religion, region, and occupation were all meaningful aspects of identity and status, the main organizing principles of Victorian society weregenderandcl...
It begins, ‘One of the greatest charms to us of Miss Austen’s novel [sic] is the complete change of scene they afford: we are transferred at once to an old world which we can scarcely believe was England only half-a-century ago.’ (1866, p. 239.) The article then moves to a ...
Member of any nonconformist Protestant body, such as the Salvation Army, that dissents from the doctrines of the Church of England.↵ "Through Blood and Fire," the motto of the Salvation Army, alludes to the redeeming blood of Christ and the purifying fire of the Holy Spirit.↵ ...