Every issue of Victorian Times Quarterly is a treasure-trove of hand-picked, original Victoriana from British and American magazines of the 1800's. You'll find a wealth of ideas on decorating your home or table in the Victorian style, plus delicious recipes (perfect for hosting your own authentic Victorian tea!) and inspiring craft projects and patterns. Plus, enjoy whimsical stories and poetry, beautiful illustrations, pictorial features and rib-tickling cartoons. Meet a host of unusual Victorian pets, from a curious mongoose to the royal bison. Taking you from the royal palace to the humble country cottage, every issue brings you a unique, first-hand look at Victorian life. Victorian Times Quarterly is your ticket to explore – and enjoy – the beautiful, elegant, and ever-changing Victorian world.In Victorian Times Quarterly #5: Predictions for the future of the telephone • The new-fangled typewriter • The lives of sandwich-board advertising men • A peek at some recipes from the 1700's • E. Nesbit's childhood reminiscences (serial) • The playfulness of animals • July's sheep-shearing festival • Curious titles to land and other tenures • Victorian recipes for blackberries • Thoughts on the higher education of women • A Frenchman's view of American ladies • American breakfasts • A 15th-century maiden • The folklore of colours • A British family's adventures on a California ranch (serial) • A balloon ride over London • September's country fair • The social season in New York • Dog Smugglers of Gibraltar • A railway journey across America • How to address people of title • How to give an afternoon tea... • Special Bonus Fiction Feature... and much more! Author, book-lover, cat-lover, world traveler, and collector of Victorian magazines and ephemera, Moira Allen knows how to spin a phrase to make her life sound a lot more exciting than it is! While all of the above are true, she actually spends most of her day hunched over a computer keyboard - or a scanner. Allen has loved old magazines since childhood, when she discovered her family's stash of vintage Life Magazines and Saturday Evening Posts in a closet. She was probably the only kid in high school to actually have a collection of Victorian fonts and page decorations - a special treat from when her commercial artist dad would let her tag along on a visit to the art supply store. In England, Allen made the thrilling discovery that one could acquire magazines that were much, much older than that vintage box of Lifes - and the rest, as they say, is history. Literally. Allen now curates a collection of thousands of articles from Victorian periodicals on her VictorianVoices.net website, and produces the monthly Victoriana magazine "Victorian Times." She is a professional writer, with several published books (yep, right here on Amazon). She has lived in England and Germany, and says even her cat has frequent flyer miles (or should). She currently lives in Maryland with her husband and that same well-traveled cat.