Owen Chadwick paints a detailed cameo of nineteenth-century English rural life, in the extraordinary battle of wills between squire and parson in a Norfolk village.

Dolls' houses have become a major hobby worldwide, with hours spent lovingly building the houses and their furnishings. "Victorian Miniature Fashions, " however, looks at the dolls themselves--how they should be dressed and how to make clothes for them to wear. Once fully outfitted, they will provide the final touch to your Victorian household and be an endless source of delight. "Victorian Miniature Fashions" includes an explanation of how to construct a doll, with useful advice on equipment and materials; an introduction to designing and sketching your own fashions; detailed instructions for one-twelfth scale miniature fashions for a Victorian wedding party; individual patterns for 26 dolls, ranging from the bride and a duke to the parlor maids; and beautiful color photos of each finished doll.

An innovative study of how the Victorians used books, portraits, fairies, microscopes, and dollhouses to imagine miniature worlds beyond perception In 1856, Elizabeth Gaskell discovered a trove of handmade miniature books that were created by Charlotte and Branwell Brontë in their youth and that, as Gaskell later recalled, “contained an immense amount of manuscript, in an inconceivably small space.” Far from being singular wonders, these two-inch volumes were part of a wide array of miniature marvels that filled the drawers and pockets of middle- and upper-class Victorians. Victorian miniatures pushed the boundaries of scientific knowledge, mechanical production, and human perception. To touch a miniature was to imagine what lay beyond these boundaries. In Worlds Beyond, Laura Forsberg reads major works of fiction by George Eliot, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and Lewis Carroll alongside minor genres like the doll narrative, fairy science tract, and thumb Bible. Forsberg guides readers through microscopic science, art history, children’s culture, and book production to show how Victorian miniatures offered scripts for expansive fantasies of worlds beyond perception.

Welcome to the wonderful world of miniature Victorian era glass lamps! This beautiful reference book is sure to capture your fancy with photographs and descriptions of nearly 600 late 19th century miniature oil lamps that have not appeared in publications before. Many are variations of lamps that have not been documented until now. Styles include finger lamps, student lamps, miniature banquet lamps, miners lamps, skaters lamps, and much more. To add to the perspective of understanding miniature oil lamps, estimated current values have also been provided.\nIf you are an experienced miniature lamp collector, antique dealer, or just beginning to notice these glass lamps, this book will provide you a wealth of important information.

A collection of needlework projects in miniature, featuring patchwork, canvaswork, cross stitch, surface embroidery, simulated lacework, applique, and quilting, for doll house rooms in the style of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: early and late Victorian, Edwardian, Arts and Crafts, and Art Nouveau.

First published in 1979. This book studies the social outlook which historians today call paternalism. It was an ideology which informed social attitudes at all levels of society and expressed itself in countless ways. In this work, David Roberts provides a comprehensive examination of the revival, amplification, and transformation of the ideals of paternalism as a social remedy in the Early Victorian Period. This title will be of interest to students of history.