#1880s

2026 Thumbnail Review #16 Sarah de Berenger by Jean Ingelow

This was published in twelve monthly instalments by Good Words in 1880, like Hardy’s The Trumpet-Major (see review #15). A direct…

2026 Thumbnail Review #15 The Trumpet-Major by Thomas Hardy

Victorian novels were often published in serial form, most often in monthly instalments. I possess a copy of Good Words for 1880, which…

The Scotsman, Chp. 4 — A Free Ride Proves Costly

A railroad worker offers Colin and his mother a free ride in a boxcar from Colorado Springs to Oklahoma City. Unfortunately, the ride…

Fate by The Editors — January 29

M.Brevard was a man of severe complaints.

1880s Technology Could Provide Unlimited Renewable Energy

1880s technology could provide a virtually unlimited supply of energy to tropical island nations.

John Bull Hat

From the Wild Wild West

Jack the Ripper