THE VICTORIAN OMNIUM-GATHERUM

BEING

A Diverting Miscellany of 19th Century Articles and Extracts
that are Assured to Titillate the Mind.

FIRST EDITION

TO WHICH IS ADDED A SELECTION OF
DOCUMENTS RELATING TO DEVONSHIRE

WIDEGRIN PRESS
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Contents

A PRACTICAL COMMISSIONER OF SEWERS A London ratcatcher, 1851
EARTHQUAKES Theories and phenomena, 1851
WAGHORN'S NEW OVERLAND ROUTE TO INDIA Getting the mail from Bombay to London in under a month, 1851
THE FIFTH EXHIBITION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY A review of this exhibition held in 1858
AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN Get ready for the 15th of March 1858!

A REPORT OF THE 1858 ECLIPSE

Yes, it was cloudy.
POLICE STATISTICS Colonel Henderson's Police Report for 1872
LIFE IN ST KILDA An account of Mr. Sands' longer than intended stay in 1876-77
IS THE TELEPHONE A PRACTICAL SUCCESS? Battling against the telegraphists, 1877
LA FEMME DES RATS French entertainments, 1884
FRENCH COOKING AND ENGLISH COMPARED Slugs and Snails! 1884
   

Old Documents relating to Devonshire

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY TO 926 AD As seen by Moore in 1829
SIR WILLIAM POLE, Knight An 1829 biography of the 17th century author of "Collections towards a Description of the County of Devon"
TRISTRAM RISDON An 1829 biography of the 17th century author of the "Survey of Devonshire"