The Vicar of Wakefield and polishing trade notes
Literary scraps survey The Vicar of Wakefield praised for truth to nature by Irving era. The polishing trade described with Murray and Longmans auctioning annual sales in London, prices and catalogued lots, plus reflections on poetry’s future and a Milton diary excerpt detailing a chance interview with John Milton in a pastoral ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Antiltia
Goldsmith
W. Irving
Atheneum
London
Three Kingdoms
Murray
Albion Tavern
Aldersgate-street
Murray's
Longmans
Hodgson
Fleet-street
Spence
Seles
Weston
Lord Campell
Ee Seevien
Y Tee Colonial Library
Layard
Byron
Mr Borrow
Cunningham
Mr Grote
Greece
Mr Curzon
Levant
M. Guizot
Somerville
Swift
Camptyll
Pope
Milton
Mary Powell
Holdforth
Clover
Agayn
Claver
John Milton
Buckinghamshire
Wares and Pates of Taxation and Atlas of London Style
Statistical notes compare tax burdens by class, Edinburgh governance and taxation, and scientific debates on earth expansion. Reports include Oxford and Cambridge endowments, railway mileage and capital, English farming improvements, and a Russia horse race comparing thoroughbreds to Cossack mounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Russia
Sharper
Minta
Minna
Bharper
St. Petersburg
London and North Western
Sandwich
Wonders of Science and Industry in a Victorian Digest
A sweeping summary of 19th century curiosities includes railway workforce counts across open and under construction lines with dozens of stations. global library access by country. telescope powers and lunar distances. steel pen production value and makers. marvels in art and manufacture such as valuable paintings, costly jewelry, and fabrics. electrical signal speed and telegraph implications. geranium growth yields. proposals for low speed coal transport. explosive blasting in a quarry. historical pestilence context on the Thames. tobacco trade and smuggling statistics. and population figures with penal and revenue details.
Jagged Miscellany of Wit and Whimsy Notes
A mosaic of fragmented quips and anecdotes spanning pious advice, nautical humor, legal jests, and rural observations. The piece threads humorous dialogues and wry moral reflections from clergymen, cooks, and travelers, painting a portrait of old country humor and social mores.
Wholesale Prices Current in Brief
Market kiosk notes show current wholesale price references with sparse figures and identifiers. Details are fragmentary with unreadable lines and unclear item names, offering a snapshot rather than a full listing.
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Glasgow
Campbell
J. Byron
Scott
Crabbe
Boulney
Lord Joliffe
Inchbald
St. Edmonds
Ike
Patrice
Mr Nicholls
Walsingham
Canterbury
Erasmus
Ceme
St Patrick
Lough Derg
Statistical
Robert Montgomery Martin
Edinburgh
Pevree
America
Lyell
Scandinavia
Sweden
Caspian Sea
Oxford
Cambridge
University of Oxford
University
Colleges of
England
Michielmas
Lake
Aho
Bockland
Westminster
Denmark
Saxony
Belgium
Bavaria
Prussia
Austria
United States
France
Great
Britain
Great Britain
Portamouth
Ampshire
B. Poole
London and North-western Company
Liverpool
Lancashire
Morning Post
Grange
Voltaic Agency
Thames
Webster
United Kingdom
Bneeo, &c
Ber of Penione
Islanda
Almays
Scotma
Fondnzer
Sue Sinclair Lithgow
Hampshire
Joshua Reynolds
Joshow
Hellespont
Tohn
Philo
Wom Indy
Sophy
Kentucky
Umm James
Horne Tooke
George TH
Henry
Hong
Gila
Vermont
Sual
Wana
Raia
Dee Os
Lidio O
Oe Odo
Tosa
Gm Sieio
Ato i
Manila
Siam Alta
Sa Reno
Sydney
Muscatel
Wales
Patna
Cape de Vents
Candlewick
Jamaica
Sontass
BO Weyers
Nmamn
Pristed Sel
Ahive
Coe He Tee
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