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Spillikins 17 Aug 2013 | 01:56 am
Jane Austen was a very hands-on aunt, with numerous games and activities in her repertoire. Her nieces and nephews recall with fondness the many games, from paper ships to Battledore and Shuttlecock, ...
Austenland: The Film 17 Aug 2013 | 01:38 am
We have viewed the approach of the release of Austenland with very mixed feelings. On the good side, the trailer looked like fun, and Jennifer Coolidge is usually a riot. On the other side, we read th...
Austenland, the Novel: A Review 12 Aug 2013 | 03:35 am
Having spent several years working in the children’s departments of various libraries, I considered myself fairly familiar with the authors of young adult fiction. I was surprised, therefore, to find ...
Lemon Cream 12 Aug 2013 | 02:36 am
The origin of the lemon is a mystery, though it is thought that lemons first grew in Southern India, northern Burma, and China. A study of the genetic origin of the lemon reported that it is a hybrid ...
The Mutiny on the Bounty 12 Aug 2013 | 02:09 am
The Mutiny on the Bounty was a mutiny aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty on 28 April 1789. The mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh. Accordin...
William Bligh: Captain of Bountiful Mutineers 12 Aug 2013 | 12:50 am
Vice Admiral William Bligh, (9 September 1754 – 7 December 1817) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. His naval career was contemporary with that of Jane Austen’s br...
Maxims for Health and Gracefulness 18 Jul 2013 | 01:59 am
Cassandra Austen’s sketch of her niece Fanny. In 1833, Lydia Marie Child published The Girl’s Own Book, a volume full of entertainments for girls of all ages. She closed her book with a few maxims o...
Lawn Bowls 18 Jul 2013 | 01:19 am
Bowls or lawn bowls is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a “jack” or “kitty”. The game has been traced certainly to the 13th cent...
Fruit Flavored Water: A Refreshing Drink 18 Jul 2013 | 12:47 am
Water with lemon may be the staple complimentary drink of American restaurants, but the drink actually has British origins. A recipe for Lemon Water (A Refreshing Drink) appears in Maria Eliza Ketelb...
A Little Sea Bathing Would Set me up Forever! 18 Jul 2013 | 12:17 am
During Jane Austen’s day, taking a holiday by the sea was no uncommon thing. The popularity of towns such as Brighton inspired Jane to write her last, unfinished novel, Sanditon, about a small town wi...
