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victorian era – J.E.S. Hays http://www.jeshays.com Author, Worldbuilder, Wordsmith Sat, 13 Sep 2014 11:55:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 http://www.jeshays.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-sitelogo-32x32.gif victorian era – J.E.S. Hays http://www.jeshays.com 32 32 Short-Short: Conversational Rules for Gentlemen http://www.jeshays.com/?p=717 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 11:55:28 +0000 http://www.jeshays.com/?p=717

The Art of Manliness: Rules of Conversation for Gentlemen from 1875!

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Short-Short: Entertainment in the 19th Century http://www.jeshays.com/?p=715 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:43:58 +0000 http://www.jeshays.com/?p=715

HERE’S a link to a nice little site where you can find scanned photos of actual entertainment brochures – programs and such – from the Victorian Era

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Short-Short: Victorian Occupations http://www.jeshays.com/?p=660 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:14:12 +0000 http://www.jeshays.com/?p=660

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HERE’S a neat link – occupations in the Victorian era. It’s got a lot of strictly British terms, but there’s enough overlap for those of you who write historical fiction set in other countries.

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Short-Short: Cassell’s Household Guide http://www.jeshays.com/?p=651 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 11:49:14 +0000 http://www.jeshays.com/?p=651

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HERE’S a link to a Victorian household guidebook – Cassell’s Household Guide – everything you wanted to know about the Victorian household!

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Short-Shorts: Dime Novels http://www.jeshays.com/?p=622 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 12:03:02 +0000 http://www.jeshays.com/?p=622

Since Chance writes penny dreadfuls as a hobby, of course I had to do my research. HERE’S a good little collection of dime novels for you to peruse.

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Short-shorts: Photos of the Wild West http://www.jeshays.com/?p=610 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 19:35:15 +0000 http://www.jeshays.com/?p=610

Legends of America has a great PHOTO GALLERY – tons of photos of the Old West for research.

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