Rings and Records of Love Faith and Ominous Signs
A reader reviews Mr. William Jones’s compendium on rings from ancient to modern times, covering superstitions betrothal and wedding rings, memorable recoveries, and notable owners. He cites anecdotes from Scotland to Poland, notes Puritan resistance, notes errors in names, and highlights famed cases and literary side studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jones
Jones
Rendara
England
Murray
Drake
Pilton
Barnstaple
Tirracombe
Lee
Ilfracombe
John
Rollo
Mr. Jones
BR. Hay
Linplum
Limplum
R. Hays
Thriepland
Thriepand
Atkinson
Prussia
Frederic
Sophia Charlotte
Poland
Essex
Guy
Earl of
Wari
Loret
Eroin
Felion
Louis IX
France
Marguerite
Provence
Blanche
Jennies
Samuel Johnson
Letty
Stephen Marshall
Finchingfield
Professor de Morgan
Caithness
Hie
Illustrated 19th Century Book Catalog Items
A list of new illustrated works including The Vicar of Wakefield and The Clan of the Cats with numerous plates. Other titles noted are Robinson Crusoe, Three Years at Wolverton, Notes of Travel in Egypt and Nubia, Pre Battlefield Life, and Where the Rats Runs Now, with publisher details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaucer
Griselda
Haweis
Peter Parley
Archangel of Art
Michael Angelo
Ratcatcher
Wakefield
Goldie
Goldsmith
Johnson
Vicar of
Marcus Ward and Co
Daniel Defoe
Messrs
Defoe
Wolverton
Tom Brown
Wolvertonian
Egypt
Nubia
J. L. Stephens
Stephens
Yucatan
Agnes Giberne
Marcus Ward
Seeley, Jackson, and Co
Daniel Defoelustrated
Seeleys
Franayort Neory
Merouef