Victorian Culture

A Victorian Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles by George Burgess (1829-1905)

The scrapbook of George Burgess covers most of his working life from about the 1850's to the 1900's and consists of Victorian Newspaper cuttings, mostly undated, and mostly from British newspapers (includes a few American newspaper articles). For historical accuracy poor spelling and bad grammar (and American spellings) in any article is faithfully reproduced in the transcription.

Other Topics covered by the Victorian Scrapbook are: -

[ Family ] [ Health & Education ] [ Humour ] [ Poetry ] [ Politics & History ] [ Religion ] [ Science & Nature ] [ Temperance ] [ Victorian Culture ]

A Compilation of short articles	A Faithful Dog	A Gambler	A Happy Woman	A New Way to Detect a Thief
A secret is like silence	A Short Sermon	Advice	All Difficulties may be overcome	Dr. Bellows On The Stage
An Affecting Incident	An Affecting Scene	An Extraordinary Man (1856) James McDonald	An Outspoken Epitaph	Anecdote of the late Daniel Webster
Bad Temper	Be Frank and Determined	Be Systematic	Beautiful Extract	Blood Tie
Certainly a Predicament	Christmas Items	Contentment	The Bonnet	Cultivate Domestic Peace/ And Little Things
Dark Hours	Dewdrops of Wisdom	Doing up Considerable Sleep	Don't Lie	Fact and Fiction by Fanny Fern
Farewell	Forgiveness of Injuries	Frugality	Fulfillment of a Dream	Golden Gleanings
March 1856 Happy's the wooing that's not a long doing / Extraordinary Suicide	Hearts	Home	Hope	Household Waste
How It Happens by Fanny Fern	I Guess you can Come	In the Fall of 1840	Know Yourself	Love the Beautifier
Lovliness	Ludicrous Anecdote	Marriage of Luther	Mission of Life	Musical Anecdotes by WM O Fiske
Occupation	Passion for Display, Family Courtesies and National Ideas of Paradise	Professor Porson and Mr Coleridge	Preacher at Sangamon District	Proverbs
The Rev. Dr Adam Clarke	Purse-Pride	Remarkable Works of Human Labour	Resolve	A Valid Reason
Saving Every Rag - Cornelius Nicholson 1846	Scene in a Western Theatre	Scraps Worth Saving	Secrets of Comfort	Selfishness
Popping the Question under difficulties	Tact in Begging	Take care of yourself	The Captains Pudding	The collected songs of Charles Mackay
The Dog That Had No Friends	The First Baby	The Little Pedlar	The Necessity of Recreation	The old lady up stairs
The Power of Influence	The Progress of Vice, and more shorts.	The Sympathizing Woman	The Vastness of London	The wish of many - the possession of few
The Worst Wheel Makes the Most Noise	The Wrongs of Woman	To Young Men	Varieties	Virtue
Wear a Smile	What Fame Does	Which was Worse	Women Enjoying Themselves	Young Men

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