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Author Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason
Genre Prose: Serial Fiction i
Subjects Crime; Criminals; Punishment; Capital Punishment; Prisons; Penal Transportation; Penal Colonies
Great Britain—Social Conditions—Nineteenth Century
London (England)—Description and Travel
Money; Finance; Banking; Investments; Taxation; Insurance; Debt; Inheritance and Succession
Poverty; Poor Laws—Great Britain; Workhouses—Great Britain
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Attribution from File 1645 of the Royal Literary Fund archive (British Library): application dated 1 March 1875. Meason had 8 children by this stage, and--an accomplished writers on financial matters--had already had to make various applications to the Fund detailing his and his family's decline into poverty. The sangfroid with which the article, and its two other parts, is narrated, is remarkable.

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Author (George) Walter Thornbury
Genre Prose: History i
Subjects Death; Grief; Mourning; Mourning Customs in Literature; Funeral Rites and Ceremonies; Life Cycle, Human; Old Age; Mortality
Europe—History
France—History
Great Britain—History
Ships; Boats; Shipwrecks; Salvage; Merchant Marine; Sailors; Sailing; Submarines (Ships)
War; Battles; Peace; Military History; Weapons; Soldiers
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Oyster Nurseries

27/7/1867

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Genre Prose: Report i
Subjects Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Gardening; Horticulture
Animals; Domestic Animals; Pets; Working Animals; Birds; Insects
Food; Cooking; Gastronomy; Alcohol; Bars (Drinking Establishments); Restaurants; Dinners and Dining
France—Description and Travel
Life Sciences (Physiology / Biology / Immunology / Medicine / Pharmacology / Anatomy / Ecology)
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Genre Prose: Essay i
Subjects Literature; Writing; Authorship; Reading; Books; Poetry; Storytelling; Letter Writing
Myth; Legends; Epic Literature; Fables; Allegory; Folklore
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Advertisements

27/7/1867

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Genre Advertisement(s) i
Subjects Literature; Writing; Authorship; Reading; Books; Poetry; Storytelling; Letter Writing
Newspapers; Periodicals; Journalism
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Advertisement for the Seventeenth Volume of All the Year Round
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Author Frances Eleanor Trollope
Genres Prose: Leading Article i
Prose: Serial Fiction i
Subjects Family Life; Families; Domestic Relations; Sibling Relations; Kinship; Home;
Great Britain—Commerce
Marriage; Courtship; Love; Sex
Money; Finance; Banking; Investments; Taxation; Insurance; Debt; Inheritance and Succession
Music; Musical Instruments; Songs; Singing; Opera
Theatre; Performing Arts; Performing; Dance; Playwriting; Circus
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Genres Prose: Autobiography; Biography; Memoirs; Obituary; Anecdotes i
Prose: Travel-writing i
Subjects Animals; Domestic Animals; Pets; Working Animals; Birds; Insects
Australia—Description and Travel; New Zealand—Description and Travel
Medical care; Nursing; Hospitals; Hospital Care; Surgery; Medicine; Physicians
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Author (George) Walter Thornbury
Genre Prose: History i
Subjects Great Britain—History
Great Britain—Social Life and Customs
Marriage; Courtship; Love; Sex
Sports; Games; Leisure; Pleasure; Hunting; Horse Racing; Gambling; Duelling
Violence; Torture; Violence in Literature; Violence—Moral and Ethical Aspects; Violence—Psychological Aspects
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Author Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason
Genre Prose: Serial Fiction i
Subjects Crime; Criminals; Punishment; Capital Punishment; Prisons; Penal Transportation; Penal Colonies
Law; Lawyers; Justice; Courts; Trials
Money; Finance; Banking; Investments; Taxation; Insurance; Debt; Inheritance and Succession
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Attribution from File 1645 of the Royal Literary Fund archive (British Library): application dated 1 March 1875. Meason had 8 children by this stage, and--an accomplished writers on financial matters--had already had to make various applications to the Fund detailing his and his family's decline into poverty. The sangfroid with which the article, and its two predecessors, is narrated, is remarkable.

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Author Henry T. Spicer
Genre Prose: Short Fiction i
Subject Ethics; Morals; Moral Development; Moral Education; Philosophy; Values
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Article reprinted in Brought to Book, 2 vols (London, 1870). Attribution: Kathleen Tillotson, 'Henry Spicer, Forster, and Dickens', Dickensian, 84 (1988), p. 78.

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Advertisements

3/8/1867

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Genre Advertisement(s) i
Subjects Literature; Writing; Authorship; Reading; Books; Poetry; Storytelling; Letter Writing
Newspapers; Periodicals; Journalism
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Advertisement for Volume the Seventeenth
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Author Frances Eleanor Trollope
Genres Prose: Leading Article i
Prose: Serial Fiction i
Subjects Celebrations; Parties; Balls (Parties); Balls (Parties)—Fiction
Family Life; Families; Domestic Relations; Sibling Relations; Kinship; Home;
Marriage; Courtship; Love; Sex
Music; Musical Instruments; Songs; Singing; Opera
Social classes; Class distinctions; Aristocracy (Social Class); Aristocracy (Social Class)—Fiction; Middle Class; Working Class; Servants;
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Book Illustrations

10/8/1867

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Genre Prose: Essay i
Subjects Art; Design; Painting; Sculpture; Photography; Interior Decoration;
Literature; Writing; Authorship; Reading; Books; Poetry; Storytelling; Letter Writing
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Mrs. M.

10/8/1867

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Genres Cross-genre i
Prose: Autobiography; Biography; Memoirs; Obituary; Anecdotes i
Prose: Short Fiction i
Subjects Accidents; Accident Victims—Fiction; Fires; Search and Rescue Operations; Natural Disasters; Disasters; Disaster Relief
Children; Childhood; Pregnancy; Childbirth; Child Rearing; Adoption; Child Labor
Death; Grief; Mourning; Mourning Customs in Literature; Funeral Rites and Ceremonies; Life Cycle, Human; Old Age; Mortality
Family Life; Families; Domestic Relations; Sibling Relations; Kinship; Home;
Supernatural; Superstition; Spiritualism; Clairvoyance; Mesmerism; Ghosts; Fairies; Witches; Magic; Occultism
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Author (George) Walter Thornbury
Genre Prose: History i
Subjects Africa, North—Description and Travel
Africa, North—History
Africa, North—Politics and Government
Egypt—Description and Travel
Egypt—History
Egypt—Politics and Government
Religion; Religion and Culture
Religion—Islam
Turkey—Description and Travel
Turkey—History; Turkey—History—Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
Turkey—Politics and Government
War; Battles; Peace; Military History; Weapons; Soldiers
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A Good Thing

10/8/1867

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Genres Cross-genre i
Prose: Autobiography; Biography; Memoirs; Obituary; Anecdotes i
Prose: Short Fiction i
Subjects Commercial Products (Commodities); Material Culture; Shopping; Advertising
Crime; Criminals; Punishment; Capital Punishment; Prisons; Penal Transportation; Penal Colonies
Fraud; Forgery; Deception; Betrayal—Fiction
Great Britain—Description and Travel
Money; Finance; Banking; Investments; Taxation; Insurance; Debt; Inheritance and Succession
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Old Harvest-Homes

10/8/1867

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Author Mrs. [?] Hoskyns
Genre Prose: Autobiography; Biography; Memoirs; Obituary; Anecdotes i
Subjects Associations; Institutions; Clubs; Labor Unions
Country Life; Rural Conditions; Rural Conditions in Literature; Rural Development
Great Britain—Social Life and Customs
Music; Musical Instruments; Songs; Singing; Opera
Popular Culture; Amusements
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Author Frances Eleanor Trollope
Genres Prose: Leading Article i
Prose: Serial Fiction i
Subjects Death; Grief; Mourning; Mourning Customs in Literature; Funeral Rites and Ceremonies; Life Cycle, Human; Old Age; Mortality
Ethics; Morals; Moral Development; Moral Education; Philosophy; Values
Family Life; Families; Domestic Relations; Sibling Relations; Kinship; Home;
Money; Finance; Banking; Investments; Taxation; Insurance; Debt; Inheritance and Succession
Opium; Opium Abuse; Drugs; Poisons; Poisoning
Religion; Religion and Culture
Religion—Christianity—Church of England
Religion—Christianity—General
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An Episode of Fox

17/8/1867

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Genre Prose: Digest; Review i
Subjects France—History
France—Politics and Government
Great Britain—History
Great Britain—Politics and Government
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Based in all probability on Memoirs of the Latter Years of the Right Honourable Charles James Fox (London: Richard Phillips, 1811).

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Author (George) Walter Thornbury
Genre Prose: History i
Subjects Great Britain—History
Great Britain—Politics and Government
Revolutions; Revolutions—History; Riots; Riots—Fiction; Political Violence
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