Curious miscellany and wonders in a 19th century column
A collage of curiosities and brief essays. Topics include animal behavior a rhinoceros and sentinel bird. marriage history from Europe. a living skeleton. references to the pyramid of Cheops and Egypt travel. household tips for the economical wife. cultural notes on China England and Wallace sword. poetry about the sea. Multiple named figures places and titles appear throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Egypt
Europe
Trentin
Innocent
Robert Walter
Wallace
Kinfaurs Castle
Perthshire
Lord Gray
William Wallace
Kinfaur
Adam de Longueville
Wallace Wight
The Rival Jokers on Board Beare and Farling
An 19th century tale in Bentley's Miscellany recounts a naval prank in which Beare the boatswain is tricked into a hamper bear delivery to his captain, yielding a near court martial and a comic account of the sailors folly. The piece also previews The Missionary Bride in the October issue, a moral tale about Agnes de Vere and missionary zeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Colburn
Beare
Farling
Leghorn
Mr. Beare
Mr. Farling
Mr. Beard
Kit Farling
Kit
Bearer
H. M
Boatewain
Capitane
Black List
Bootenain
Bentley
Pacific
Agnes de Vere
Missionary Bride Sinks Shipside as Tempest Claims Alice Vere
A sea romance unravels on a voyage to New York where Alice Vere, bound for a missionary marriage, faints on her betrothed amidst a storm. The captain and mate aid her, while a mistaken identity as a clergyman shocks her. The ship saves them, but Alice dies at sea before a tranquil end, leaving a warning about fate and devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alastalas
Parson T
York State
Alice Vere
Apa
Parsons
Alice
Missus
Washington
Ebenezer T
Fit
Haven
Cross
New York
Oman
Missiona
Mousseline de Laine Trade Expands Amid Industrial Shift
The mousseline de laine, first wool based then mixed with cotton, grows popular as prices drop and British makers push back French imports. The trade boosts Scottish loom weaving and wool sales, while cotton spinners suffer weaker demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Mousseline de Laine
France
Scotland
Snow
The
Rhine
Eddleston
Peebles-shire
George
Edinburgh
Sea Sickness Causes and Remedies Debated at London Meeting
Dr Whiting opened a discussion at the London Medical Association on sea-sickness. Speakers debated causes from brain and eye input to stomach motion, noting blind individuals can suffer, and recalling Nelson and Franklin cases. Treatments proposed included lemon juice, laudanum, and a creosote tincture in mucilage as relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Medical Association
Whiting
Wollaston
Shearman
Bryant
Crisp
Nelson
Sir John Franklin
Bay of Biscay
Byron
Also Mentioned on This Page
Golman
Urquhart
East
Pyramid
Cheops
Abraham
Joseph
Moses
Pythagoras
Herodotus
Britain
Memphis
Lord Lindsay
Bombasin, &c
Dlabourer
Andrew Park
Hannay and
Dietrichsen
Hannay and Co
Hannay
Encke
Houses of Lords and Commons
Messrs
Robinson Crusoe
de Foe
New South Wales
van Dieman’s Land
Bermuda
van Dieman
London
Bucks Herald
Mr. O'Reilly
O'Reilly
Carlow
Castlecomer
Athy
Johnswell
Comerford
Askerty Wood
Condran
Askerty Bridge
Willoughby
Shore
Coolullen
Stokes
Kilkenny Journal
America
England
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