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Two Years and Four Months in a Lunatic Asylum

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Hiram Chase

Hiram Chase is a well liked Reverend in a small ministry in Utica. When his mental and physical health deteriorates, he is taken to Utica lu…

Six Years in the Prisons of England

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Frank Henderson

A Merchant talks about daily life inside prisons of England, describes routines and how prisoners are treated. He notes stories of how fello…

The Rebel of the School

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L. T. Meade

Kathleen O'Hara is a young pretty girl sent to school in England from Ireland by her father to get a good education, but Kathleen has other …

Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum

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Mary Huestis Pengilly

Mary Pengilly was taken to a Lunatic Asylum by her sons where she kept a diary, which this book is taken from. Mary records the harsh condit…

Sixteenth-century Bristol

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John Latimer

Plague, piracy and payments to members of Parliament! The town of Bristol, England in the Sixteenth Century was a fascinating place, and Joh…

Dulcibel

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Henry Peterson

Dulcibel is a young, pretty and kind-hearted fictional character charged with Witchcraft during the infamous Salem Witch trials. During this…

21 - Stirring Events

In Tempest and Sunshine

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Mary Jane Holmes

Tempest and Sunshine is the first book written by Mary Jane Holmes. Set in the pre-Civil War south, it follows the struggles and romances of…

Caches and Depots

In The Art of Travel

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Sir Francis Galton

The Art of Travel is a handbook of practical advice for the adventure seeking Victorian. We hear how to organize all steps of a voyage, from…