Victorian
Websites of Interest
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General
The full
1911 Encyclopedia
Britannica, "The best encyclopedia ever written," is scanned with
occasional missing characters on one side of the page and text that runs over
into the next reference -- but it's a remarkable Victorian contemporary resource
for all that. (Have a look at the entry for "Victoria, Queen.")
An interesting
Victoriana site with a "study center" devoted to topics ranging from calling
cards to recipes to needlework to gardens.
The Victorian
Society: Americans dedicated to the protection, understanding,
education, and enjoyment of our nineteenth century heritage. They sponsor events
and symposia in different locations.
Links to
England
and the Victorian era with money converters and price indexes, gathered
by Chris Redmond's Sherlockian.net.
The Victorian Turkish Bath site with all sorts of information
including where to go to get one! The Sherlock Holmes connection is with the
Northumberland Avenue establishment, which also has a P.G. Wodehouse Psmith
association (scroll down past the description of the baths for the literary
content).
Violet
Books is a prize-winning, reference-rich website about "Antiquarian
Supernatural, Fantasy & Mysterious Literatures, Vintage Westerns, Swashbucklers,
& Juveniles" --
all things old, fictional,
adventurous, & weird. This site is part of the
Gaslight
internet discussion list which reviews one
etext story a week from the genres of mystery, adventure and The Weird, written
between 1800 and 1919.
Mia Stampe, an excellent Danish Sherlockian and Baker Street Irregular,
assembled some terrific Victorian phrenology, mesmerism, music, philosophy, graphics,
transportation... and more! Alas, they are presently inactive.
History
United Kingdom and Ireland History... a group of sites of general interest
and some that are particularly helpful for genealogy research.The Victorian Dictionary ... a guide to the social history of
Victorian London. A splendid resource, including maps -- Holmes would have been
proud.
Victorian
Web... nothing to do with Moriarty, but many topics to browse: arts, science,
philosophy, politics, society, gender issues, technology, and more.
[currently inactive]
The City As Hero:
Victorian London in Life and Literature. A remarkable syllabus
assembled for a course by Prof Susan R. Horton of the English Dept at UMass
Boston. Student papers with references on all sorts of social and ecological
issues.
http://gober.net/victorian/time.html is a timeline of literature and
history from 1810-1896
Clothing
Lots and lots of
costume links here,
including corsets! Pictures of clothing exhibitions in museums as well as period
clothing for sale -- plan to spend some time browsing.
A remarkable costume
site complete with online classes -- includes hairstyle history, too.
Fashion magazines of 1893
to take you back in history.
Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: A Photographic Survey by Alison
Gernsheim (see right). A review of fashion from 1840-1910 using photographs rather
than fashion illustrations. Includes men, women and children. Paperback edition.
Look on Amazon.com for more books on this topic.
The Gentleman's Page: a resource "for those who wish to look
and act like; or perhaps better understand, the 19th Century American man."
