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Picnic References

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Beeton, Isabella. Beeton’s Book of Household Management. London: S. O. Beeton Publishing, 1861. Cameron, Collette. “Pleasures and Proprieties of a Country Picnic. Collette Cameron. /  May 31, 2015. Accessed June 3, 2019. https://collettecameron.com/pleasures-and-proprieties-of-a-country-picnic Davidson, Alan. The Oxford Companion to Food. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Gaston, Diane. Regency Picnic or a Labor Day? The Risky Regencies. September 5, 2011. Accessed June 3, 2019. 2 Hubbell, Andrew. How Wordsworth invented picnicking and saved British Culture. Romanticism, … Continue reading →

Education and Schools References

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Adkins, Roy, and Lesley Adkins. Jane Austen’s England. Viking, 2013. Austen, Jane, and David M. Shapard. The Annotated Persuasion. New York: Anchor Books, 2010. Bennetts, M.M. A gentleman’s education. M.M. Bennets. July 20, 2010. Accessed October 5, 2016. https://mmbennetts.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/a-gentlemans-education/ Brander, Michael. The Georgian Gentleman. Glasgow: University Press, 1973. Brown, Richard. Educating the middle-classes 1800-1870. Looking at History.  Accessed October 29, 2016. http://richardjohnbr.blogspot.com/2011/02/educating-middle-classes-1800-1870.html> Davidoff, Leonore, and Catherine Hall. Family Fortunes: Men and Women of the English Middle … Continue reading →

Period Cookbook References

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  Period Cookbooks A Lady. Domestic Economy and Cookery for the rich and poor. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green. 1827. Beeton, Isabella. Beeton’s Book of Household Management. London: S. O. Beeton Publishing, 1861. Borella. The Court and Country Confectioner: Or, the House-keepers Guide ; to a More Speedy, Plain, and Familiar Method of Understanding the Whole Art of Confectionary … A New Edition. To Which Is Added, a Dissertation on the Different Species of … Continue reading →

Christmas References

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“First Footing and Hogmanay, a Truly Scottish New Year!” HubPages. January 1, 2011. Web.  October 28, 2014. http://diffugerenives.hubpages.com/hub/First-footing-and-Hogmanay-a-truly-Scottish-New-Year. “Hogmanay / Old Years Night / New Years Day.” Walkabout Crafts’ Web. October 28, 2014. http://www.walkaboutcrafts.com/worldtour/scotland/festivals/hogmanay.htm. “Jane Austen and Christmas : Decorating the Georgian Home.” Austenonly. “Kissing bough.”  Christmas Celebrations and New Year’s Celebrations March 17, 2010.  Accessed October 28, 2018. http://christmas-celebrations.org/137-kissing-bough.html “Mistletoe.”  Christmas Celebrations and New Year’s Celebrations..  March 17, 2010.  Accessed October 28, 2018. http://christmas-celebrations.org/166-mistletoe.html “Regency … Continue reading →

Libraries and Books References

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“British Newspaper History”. Accessed September 6, 2018 https://www.999inks.co.uk/british-newspaper-history.html Book Shops” Georgian Index.  2003 Accessed August 29, 2018. http://www.georgianindex.net/books/Hatchard.html Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Tor, 1988. Austen, Jane, Terry Castle, and John Davie. Northanger Abbey ; Lady Susan ; The Watsons ; Sanditon. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. Austen, Jane, Marilyn Butler, and James Kinsley. Mansfield Park. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. Austen, Jane, Claude Julien. Rawson, and John Davie. Persuasion. Oxford: Oxford University … Continue reading →