John Ashton's 'Gossip In The First Decade Of Victoria's Reign' is a fascinating glimpse into the social and cultural landscape of early Victorian Engl...
This book, published in 1961 as a Smithsonian Institution bulletin, explores the intricate world of tea drinking in 18th-century America. It delves i...
In this meticulously crafted guide to etiquette, Marion Harland imparts invaluable insights into the intricacies of social conduct. From navigating th...
This collection of essays offers a glimpse into English village life in the late 19th century. Alfred Pretor, an English Cambridge don and classicist,...
Anthony Hope's *Comedies of Courtship* is a collection of charming short stories that delve into the complexities of love and the intricate dance of c...
William Marion Weekley, a bishop in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, chronicles his twenty years of itinerant preaching in the rugged moun...
Juvenal was a Roman poet active in the late first and early second centuries CE, and his surviving works are a series of sixteen satires, targeting va...
My Lady Nicotine is a witty and anecdotal account of the author's experiences with smoking, from his early days as a pipe smoker to his eventual quitt...
