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. 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 #6: A Halloween frolic and nutting party in the woods • Etiquette suggestions for guest and host, and how to furbish a guest-chamber • Objectionable wedding customs • The Brunswick ghost • A British family's adventures on a California ranch (serial) • E. Nesbit's childhood reminiscences (serial) • How to paint imitation stained glass • Hosting a high tea • A look at a South African ostrich farm • Fiction special: The Ghosts of Nether Talkington • Adventures of a British "tenderfoot" on a Texas cattle ranch • Some charming bookmarks to make • An Englishman on life in Paris • Writing to the rats: will it make them go away? • How to tell if it's going to rain • Guy Fawkes Day • Victorian ways to decorate a dinner table • Caring for the birds in winter • Children's letters to Santa Claus • Christmas in British history • The personal Christmas cards of Victorian celebrities • Christmas in Australia • Curious Christmas pies and pastries of the past • The Christmas table • Christmas games and entertainments • Recipes for a winter tea • St. Nicholas' Eve in Belgium... plus a bevy of Christmas carols, poems and illustrations! 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.