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Title Page The Leisure Hour: An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading. [more...] |
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The late Philip Bailey in his study at the Rope Walk, Nottingham An elderly gentleman with white hair and a white beard sits at a writing desk, pen in hand, gazing out of the window, lost in thought. [more...] |
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Rev. John Wesley (From the painting by Romney) [more...] |
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Hobgoblin Hall A ruined hall, with cobwebs galore, a gothic mansion, a scene of death and decay, of neglect and ruin, a goth dream, perhaps the home of Victor or Victoria from the film Corpse Bride! [more...] |
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Tyninghame on the Tyne “Tyninghame on the Tyne (Residence of the Earl of Haddington) [more...] |
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King Edward VII. in his uniform as colonel of a Russian regiment. King Edward VII of England wearing a dress uniform, complete with medals and sword. |
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The Birthplace of Charles Dickens 1 Mile End Terrace, Portsea (now [i.e. 1904] 393 Commercial Road, Portsmouth) [more...] |
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Fort Pitt, Chatham The playground of Dickens in his childhood, and the scene of the duel (which never took place!) in Pickwick [more...] |
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Dickens at the Blacking Warehouse From a drawing by Fred Bernard. Reproduced in “The Dickens Country” by kind permission of Messrs. Chapman and Hall [more...] |
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Charles Dickens in 1868 From a photograph by Mason. Reproduced in “The Dickens Country” by kind permission of Messrs. Chapman and Hall [more...] |
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The Deceiver: Grania and Verney in the Garden Grania’s face was full of tenderness, and her eyes seemed to plead for pardon. The hands she held out to Verney trembled. [more...] |
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A Vision of the Future A vision of a car of the future from May 1905. Amusingly, the two ladies in the passenger compartment are dressed in costume of the period, and appear to be paying no attention [...] [more...] |
