1800s – Page 196 – Regency Reader

Regency Fashion: Cautions to females whose clothes catch fire

By Anne | November 28, 2019 - 6:57 am |December 6, 2019 Regency Fashion

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Apparently enough of an issue to warrant some stop, drop and roll advice, The Modern Receipt Book (1824) offered ways to prevent and treat flammable Continue →

Regency Household: Four Cottages

By Anne | November 20, 2019 - 7:20 am |December 10, 2019 Regency Household, View of a Country Estate

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The plate and description appeared in the September 1816 issue of Ackermann’s Repository. This charming cottage cluster meant to render the homes of the “laboring Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: The Invisible Girl in Leicester Square

By Anne | November 18, 2019 - 7:18 am |December 6, 2019 Regency Hot Spots, Regency Pastimes, Regency Science and Invention

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The Picture of London for 1802 The Farington Diary (1923) In the early 1800s in No. 1 Leicester Square, a curiosity was on display for Continue →

Courtney Milan: The Duchess War

By Anne | November 14, 2019 - 6:37 am |July 1, 2023 2-3 Flames, Book Review, Courtney Milan

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Sometimes love is an accident. This time, it’s a strategy. Miss Minerva Lane is a quiet, bespectacled wallflower, and she wants to keep it that Continue →