The Art of Manliness: Rules of Conversation for Gentlemen from 1875!
victorian era
Short-Short: Entertainment in the 19th Century
HERE’S a link to a nice little site where you can find scanned photos of actual entertainment brochures – programs and such – from the Victorian Era
Short-Short: Victorian Occupations
HERE’S a neat link – occupations in the Victorian era. It’s got a lot of strictly British terms, but there’s enough overlap for those of you who write historical fiction […]
Short-Short: Cassell’s Household Guide
HERE’S a link to a Victorian household guidebook – Cassell’s Household Guide – everything you wanted to know about the Victorian household!
Short-Shorts: Dime Novels
Since Chance writes penny dreadfuls as a hobby, of course I had to do my research. HERE’S a good little collection of dime novels for you to peruse.
Short-shorts: Photos of the Wild West
Legends of America has a great PHOTO GALLERY – tons of photos of the Old West for research.