Regency Health and Medicine: Guestonian Medicine

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Mr. Guest was a boot and shoemaker who had a business on Blackfriars Road, on the Surrey side of the Thames.  This coin, issued in Continue

Top Five: Hot New Reads for the Summer

1. Released this February, Mary Balogh’s second installment in her Westcott series, Someone to Hold, promises all the charm and romance of a good Balogh. 2.  Lorraine Continue

Regency Advertisements: Mrs. Reina is not dead! She’s making hats.

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  Appearing in the May 1817 Ackermann’s Repository, this ad clearly proclaims Mrs. Reina is alive and well and open for business in Great Newport-Street.

Regency Advertisements: Mr. Horder, the elegant dancing or fencing master

  Appearing in 1807 La Belle Assemblee, the ad for Mr. Horder’s services does make you wonder why he removed from his Academy to teach Continue