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Dog Smugglers (The Strand, 1896) On the use of dogs and other contrivances to smuggle tobacco from British-owned Gibraltar into Spain. Business Girls in America (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1882) A look at living and working conditions for American working girls. How to Obtain Good Coffee (Girl's Own Paper, 1887) Tips on brewing the best coffee (including the judicious use of raw egg...) Something Like a Railway Journey (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1875) A British writer takes a 3287-mile railway journey across America. Marmalades (Girl's Own Paper, 1895) Tips on creating this beloved treat. Dips into an Old Cookery Book, Part 3 (Girl's Own Paper, 1886) A look at some 18th-century recipes, including chees cakes, wiggs, syrrep of violets, and cowslip wine. The Right Thing at the Right Moment (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1885) Tips on having the best of manners at all times. Applique in Embroidery (Girl's Own Paper, 1900) Beautiful applique patterns based on nature. Home Made Pickles (Girl's Own Paper, 1883) Recipes for pickling cabbage, walnuts, onions, sour plums, cucumbers and more! How to Address People of Title (Girl's Own Paper, 1883) How to know your ladies from your honourables, and your right honourables from your most honourables... How to Give an Afternoon Tea (Ingalls' Home Magazine, 1889) A "five o'clock tea" could be a major social event, with "hundreds of people coming and going." It was not a "sit-down" event, but rather one in which people came in, dined on delicacies whilst standing and chatting, and went out again. My School Days, Part 9 (Girl's Own Paper, 1897) Get up close and personal with famous children's author E. Nesbit as she recalls her own childhood in this charming 12-part serial! Chronicles of an Anglo-Californian Ranch, Part 10 (Girl's Own Paper, 1899) A British family sallies forth into the New World to seek its fortune in southern California, not far from the "busy and enterprising town of Los Angeles." (Still not quite politically correct...) Country Customs for September: A Country Fair (Illustrated London Almanack, 1849) A look at the amusements offered by this festival of the countryside. Odds and Ends (Girl's Own Paper, 1895) A fascinating round-up of news, notes and trivia from around the Victorian world. Poetry The Ballad of a Bachelor Fourteen September Garland