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Cabs and Their Drivers (English Illustrated Magazine, 1891) "The best way to study cabs is to drive about in them... The cabs of London are as varied as its flowers - and when an early train has to be caught, as difficult to find." First of several articles on London cabs and transport that we'll be featuring in the months to come. Devonshire Cottage Cookery (Good Housekeeping, 1890) A look at life in the Devonshire cottage, with recipes for squab pie, leeky pie, turnip pasty, potato pie and pudding, spotted dick, flicker meat (no meat involved!) and more. Hospitality - Visitor and Visited (Good Housekeeping, 1888) "I am not prepared to say that the observance of these rules will make an agreeable guest of a disagreeable person, but I am prepared to say that utter disregard of them will make your hostess consult the papers to find the time of departing trains." A Soap-Bubble Party (Windsor Magazine, 1902) A host of tricks and games that can be done with soap bubbles. Around St. Paul's (Good Company, 1879) "One may spend weeks, going daily over new ground, where every shortest street will detain him with some historical reminiscence, where every turn will frame for him some new picture. For in spite of fog and smoke the streets of London are more picturesque than of most European capitals." Hungarian Embroidery (Girl's Own Paper, 1893) "On the Continent the fascinating embroidery called Hungarian has been known for some little - beyond I mean that charming country east and south of the Danube where it has been done by the peasants from ancient times." Owney of the Mailbags (St. Nicholas, 1894) The tale of a dog who traveled the US (and even into Canada) with the "mailbags." Coins, Old and New (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1890) "Where manuscripts have been consumed, or monuments have perished, the discovery of buried money has rescued the names of kings and heroes from oblivion, and even enabled us to reconstruct some forgotten chapter in the annals of our race." Can Animals Count? (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1894) Science offers a resounding "yes," not only with dogs and monkeys and pigs, but even turtles and goldfish! A Gossip About Shells (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1879) On the many things made from shells, with a particular emphasis on the uses of mother-of-pearl. A Chapter About Soap (Demorest, 1872) "When was soap invented? And how did people keep themselves clean before that time? are two questions often asked; and we propose to furnish answers to them." A Home for Stray Bottles (Windsor Magazine, 1896) If you're old enough, you might remember returning soft-drink bottles to the grocery store for a refund. That practice began in Victorian days, with a central Bottle Exchange responsible for returning glass bottles to their original "owners" to be recycled. The Girls of Today (Girl's Own Paper, 1900) "What we have noted is a sort of compassion for us that we should have been born into the world at all, and that our being here is a cruelty to our brothers and fathers; for if we are stupid, they must keep us, and if we are clever, we rob them of their situations, and must keep them." A Dash Through Derbyshire on an Express Engine (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1878) Our writer reveals what it is like to race through the countryside in the engine of the mail train. Smuggling Into Paris (Pearson's, 1900) A look at the many amazing contrivances used to smuggle goods into Paris. False Hair, and Where It Comes From (Godey's, 1866) "False hair" is real hair, shorn from real women, and used for a wide variety of purposes. Some of its sources are a little horrifying. Fruit Pickles (Good Housekeeping, 1892) "We think of fruits as suitable for refreshing desserts... But we should not forget a whole province of their virtues, in furnishing delicious relishes to eat with meats." Recipes include pickled lemons, plums, peaches, cherries, apples, pears, raisins, and more. ZigZags at the Zoo: Simian (The Strand, 1894A) This lovely, and lengthy, series looks at all the different types of creatures to be found at the London Zoo, with marvelous caricatures by H.A. Shepherd. Thoughts and Observations on Natural History (Girl's Own Paper, 1894) A delightful series that notes that "observation is the rarest of gifts," and goes on to record the author's observations of animals, birds, plants and even weather throughout the British year. Recipes: Berry Short-Cakes (Good Housekeeping, 1888)