Fun & Games of Jane Austen’s World: Toys
Many of the toys and games of the Georgian era would be familiar to children and parents of today.
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Regency Era Public Schools
The public schools of Austen’s day bore little resemblance to what we expect of public schools today.
Continue reading →Educating Boys: the Early Years
Today, children spend a great deal of time in formal schooling, so much so, it is hard to imagine childhood without it. But in the early 1800’s, formal schooling was far from a given for many children.
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Dangerous, even deadly: Teething in Jane Austen’s World
!8th century French physician Jean Baumes (1783) wrote “All experience teaches that dentition is to be dreaded.” Why the dread?
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