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1. How to create STEAMPUNK jewelry art Wikipedia defines Steampunk as "a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used-usually the 19th century, and o...
2. Master and Commander: The Aubrey-Maturin Series by Patrick O'Brian "The best historical novels ever written." - Richard Snow, The New York Times The "Master and Commander" series of books written by Patrick O'Brian is full of action, adventure, intrigue and historical insight. Set during th...
3. StEaMpUnK Steampunk is a term that was coined in the late 1980s to describe a type of science fiction or fantasy writing that fused a Victorian setting and technology with later technological and mechanical developments to create a 19th century that never was....
4. Book Review: The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne The Mysterious Island is an exciting tale of mystery and adventure as a group of castaways struggle to overcome the elements and survive on an uncharted island. The novel was written by Jules Verne in 1874. This is an unusual book for Verne because i...
5. Encyclopaedia Britannica (9th Edition) The famous 9th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica has been nicknamed the "scholar's edition" due to superb quality of the articles and the high caliber of the contributors. Some of the great contributors included Thomas...
6. William Bouguereau William Bouguereau (November 30, 1825 - August 19, 1905) was a popular nineteenth-century French painter often overlooked in modern studies of art. Bouguereau's training in the Academic style of art began with Classical and Biblical subjects under t...
7. Japanese Art and Artists - Resources for Art Lovers This lens provides links to information about Japanese Art and Artists of the 18th and 19th centuries and images of their work in museums and art galleries, in online galleries and in books and videos. It was originally created to provide a resource...
8. The Life & Works of Rudyard Kipling For many years Rudyard Kipling has been deeply unfashionable. He's been accused of jingoism, imperialism and racism as typified by this poem The White Man's Burden. Take up the White Man's burden- Send forth the best ye breed- Go, bind your sons to e...
9. The History of Education in America Our current system of education has a history that reaches back no more than three hundred years. I hope to enlighten the reader on how it came to exist and why.I recently started reading John Gatto's The Underground History of American Education...
10. Wilkie Collins: Inventor of the Crime Novel? Most famous for his novels The Moonstone and The Woman in White, writer Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) has been credited with inventing the detective novel genre although most of his books could be described as 'sensation novels'. In fact, it's probably...
11. Vintage Fashion Books There are so many aspects of the vintage fashion industry. If you are a collector of vintage, seller, plain old curious about how to identify a 1920's art deco necklace or all of the above this lens is for you. This lens plans on becoming a comprehen...
12. William Morris, Designer As William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones were walking down a street in Oxford in 1853 they were instantly captivated by a painting in a shop window - The Return of the Dove to the Ark by John Everett Millais. It was a turning point in the lives of th...
13. Pride and Prejudice It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. From that one short sentence I became instantly obsessed.  Pride and Prejudice is one of those novels that touches your heart an...
14. The Temeraire Book Series It's the first decade of the 19th century. Great Britain is at war with France, struggling to hold back the Napoleanic Empire. In history as we know it, Britain's superior naval power foiled Napoleon's plans for a cross-channel invasion....
15. Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World A captivating movie based on the even better "Master and Commander" book series written by the late Patrick O'Brian.  This movie stars Russell Crowe as British Navy Captain "Lucky Jack" Aubrey and Paul Bettany as ship's surge...
16. How to build a coal forge.    These days the gas forge has become the standard among farriers and blacksmiths.  It's easy to start-up and use.  Compact and convenient to haul-around.  And it doesn't bellow thick smoke or leave one looking like...
17. (The Plaza Tynemouth) from my 19th century architects col engraving This image is from my 19th century col engraving of the Plaza at Tynemouth in the north east of England. I purchased this engraving in 1990.Not long after this magnificent  building was destroyed by fire. The Engraving and the buliding date from...
18. Kirkbride Buildings Once state-of-the-art mental healthcare facilities, Kirkbride buildings have long been obsolete relics of a therapeutic method known as Moral Treatment. In the latter half of the 19th century, these massive structures were conceived as ideal sanctuar...
19. Cobblestone Buildings Cobblestones are small rocks that can fit in the palm  of your hand. Pioneers to western New York State found the cobblestones, which had been brought by glaciers, along the shores of Lake Ontario or in the fields they tried to plow. They used t...
20. Josephine Butler Josephine Butler and her Role in the Campaign for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864, 1866 and 1869. In the late 1860s there was a public outcry over the Contagious Diseases Acts. Foremost amongst those calling for the repeal of these...