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Lucie Armstrong
Lucie Armstrong, (' Cobbe; 1851 – 2 May 1907) also known as Lucie Heaton Armstrong, was an English-Irish journalist and writer on etiquette. Armstrong had her first work—''The Ball-Room Guide''—published anonymously in 1880; this was followed by stories for children published in ''Little Folks'' magazine; these were then collected in book form in 1883 under the title ''Doll Stories''. She published in several journals, magazines and newspapers, often anonymously or under pseudonyms, and published nine books, eight of which were on etiquette. She was married once, only briefly. Her husband, John Heaton Armstrong, died of gastroenteritis four and a half months after the wedding. Biography Armstrong was born Lucie Cobbe in 1851; her parents were Major Charles Henry Cobbe, of the 60th Bengal Native Infantry, and his wife. Charles was a descendant of the Cobbe family, which made Armstrong a second cousin to the women's suffrage campaigner Frances Power Cobbe. Her father had r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucie Armstrong
Lucie Armstrong, (' Cobbe; 1851 – 2 May 1907) also known as Lucie Heaton Armstrong, was an English-Irish journalist and writer on etiquette. Armstrong had her first work—''The Ball-Room Guide''—published anonymously in 1880; this was followed by stories for children published in ''Little Folks'' magazine; these were then collected in book form in 1883 under the title ''Doll Stories''. She published in several journals, magazines and newspapers, often anonymously or under pseudonyms, and published nine books, eight of which were on etiquette. She was married once, only briefly. Her husband, John Heaton Armstrong, died of gastroenteritis four and a half months after the wedding. Biography Armstrong was born Lucie Cobbe in 1851; her parents were Major Charles Henry Cobbe, of the 60th Bengal Native Infantry, and his wife. Charles was a descendant of the Cobbe family, which made Armstrong a second cousin to the women's suffrage campaigner Frances Power Cobbe. Her father had r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Heaton-Armstrong
William Charles Heaton-Armstrong (1 September 1853 – 20 July 1917) was a British Liberal Party politician, merchant and banker. Background He was born in Gmunden, Austria. He was a son of John Heaton-Armstrong. He was educated partly in Austria and partly in Ireland. He succeeded on the death of his father to the senior representation of the families of Heaton-Armstrong, Armstrong of Mangerton, Mount Heaton and Farney Castle, Macdonnell of New Hall, and Heaton of Yorkshire. He married in 1885, the Baronesse Bertha Maxmiliana Zois-Edelstein; oldest surviving daughter of 4th Baron Zois-Edelstein, of Austria. They had two sons, Duncan Heaton-Armstrong and John Heaton-Armstrong, and one daughter. Career In his youth he joined the British Merchant Navy. In 1876 he joined the Turkish Navy to fight in the Russo-Turkish War. In the 1880s he got involved in the Chilean-Peruvian War assisting Chile. He visited nearly all the Colonies, and travelled very extensively. His first involveme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pall Mall Budget
The ''Pall Mall Budget'' was a weekly magazine published in London from 1868 until 1920. It was a weekly digest of articles from evening newspaper ''The Pall Mall Gazette'' (1865 to 1923). The ''Pall Mall Budget'' was re-launched in 1893 by William Waldorf Astor. C. Lewis Hind was its editor from 1893 to 1895. The full title in 1869, as displayed on the title page of Volume 2 as bound, was ''The PALL MALL BUDGET Being a Weekly Collection of Articles Printed in the PALL MALL GAZETTE from day to day: With a Summary of News.'' References External links ''The Pall Mall Budget''at Hathitrust Digital Library (holdings from 1869 to 1889) News magazines published in the United Kingdom Weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom Defunct magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines published in London Magazines established in 1868 Magazines disestablished in 1920 Budget A budget is a calculation play, usually but not always financial, for a defined period, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sketch
''The Sketch'' was a British illustrated weekly journal. It ran for 2,989 issues between 1 February 1893 and 17 June 1959. It was published by the Illustrated London News Company and was primarily a society magazine with regular features on royalty, aristocracy and high society, as well as theatre, cinema and the arts. It had a high photographic content with many studies of society ladies and their children as well as regular layouts of point to point racing meetings and similar events. Clement Shorter and William Ingram started ''The Sketch'' in 1893. Shorter was the first editor, from 1893 to 1900, succeeded by John Latey (until his death in 1902) and then Keble Howard.Philip Waller, ''Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870–1918'', pp. 351–2 Bruce Ingram was editor from 1905 to 1946. The magazine is remembered for first publishing the illustrations of Bonzo the dog by George E. Studdy (from 1921). It featured series of short stories within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Society
''London Society'' was a Victorian era illustrated monthly periodical, subtitled "an illustrated magazine of light and amusing literature for the hours of relaxation". It was published between 1862 and 1898 by W. Clowes and Sons, London. The magazine published miscellaneous articles, short fiction (mostly anonymous), and serialized novels. ''The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction'' called it "an inferior imitator of Smith's '' Cornhill''". Literary contributors included Charlotte Riddell, whose novels ''Above Suspicion'' (1874) and ''The Senior Partner'' (1881-2) were serialized; Florence Marryat (''Open Sesame''); and a pre-Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle. Illustrators included Mary Ellen Edwards, Randolph Caldecott, Harry Furniss, F. A. Fraser, and George Cruikshank. References * Cooke, Simon. ''Illustrated Periodicals of the 1860s''. Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 2010 External links ''London Society''index at The Online Books Page The Onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgravia (magazine)
''Belgravia'' was a monthly London illustrated literary magazine of the late 19th century that was founded by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. History Established in 1866, ''Belgravia'' featured serialized novels, poems, travel narratives, and biographies, as well as essays on fashion, history, and science. Under the editorship of Braddon (1866–1876), the magazine was best known for publishing sensation fiction. In 1876, Chatto & Windus purchased the magazine and Andrew Chatto replaced Braddon as editor. Under Chatto, ''Belgravia'' moved away from sensation fiction and began publishing works by such authors as Charles Reade, Mark Twain, Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Word .... ''Belgravias circulation peaked at 18,000 in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman's Signal
''The Woman's Signal'' was a weekly British feminist magazine published by Marshall & Son, London, from 4 January 1894 to 23 March 1899. It was edited by Lady Henry Somerset, Annie Holdsworth and Florence Fenwick-Miller. Although primarily a temperance paper, it dealt with several feminist issues including fair wages. It began life as ''The Women's Penny Paper'' (27 October 1888 – 27 December 1890), edited by Helena B Temple (Henrietta Müller), later becoming ''The Woman’s Herald'' (3 January 1891 – 28 December 1893). In 1892, Mrs Frank Morrison became editor, followed by Christina Bremner, then by Lady Henry Somerset in 1893. It was bought out by Lady Henry and renamed ''The Woman's Signal''. Florence Fenwick-Miller bought the paper in 1895 and was the editor and sole proprietor until its demise in 1899.Elizabeth Crawford (1999) ''The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928'', UCL Press, London References External linksFlorence Fenwick MillerFrom a scrap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ludgate Monthly
''The Ludgate Monthly'' was a London-based monthly magazine, which published short fiction and articles of general interest. There were 118 issues from May 1891 to February 1901; the magazine then merged with ''The Universal Magazine''. The magazine was published from May 1891 to October 1893 under the title ''The Ludgate Monthly'' for 30 issues, from November 1893 to October 1895 under the title ''The Ludgate Illustrated Magazine'' for 24 issues, from November 1895 to February 1901 under the title ''The Ludgate'' for 64 issues, and was then merged into ''The Universal Magazine''. ''The Ludgate Weekly'' was a spinoff magazine which lasted less than a year (from 5 March to 1 October 1892); the first issue of this weekly had a Conan Doyle stor''The Great Brown-Pericord Motor'' Philip May (the novelist, not the caricaturist Phil May), was the editor of ''The Ludgate Monthly'' from its 1891 inception (selling for three pence per copy) to 1894. The first issue contained stories by Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Globe (London Newspaper)
''The Globe'' was a British newspaper that ran from 1803 to 1921. It was founded by Christopher Blackett, the coal mining entrepreneur from Wylam, Northumberland, who had commissioned the first commercially useful adhesion steam locomotives in the world. It merged with the ''Pall Mall Gazette'' in 1921. Under the ownership of Robert Torrens during the 1820s it supported radical politics, and was regarded as closely associated with Jeremy Bentham. By the 1840s it was more mainstream and received briefings from within the Whig administration. In 1871 it was owned by a Tory group headed by George Cubitt, who brought in George Armstrong as editor. It was controlled by Max Aitken shortly before World War I. Turnovers In journalism, turnovers are articles which run beyond the page that they begin on, forcing the reader to turnover. In the case of the Globe, the term has a special meaning. Turnovers for the Globe were essays and sketches, either social, descriptive or humorous, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letters To A Bride, Cover
Letter, letters, or literature may refer to: Characters typeface * Letter (alphabet), a character representing one or more of the sounds used in speech; any of the symbols of an alphabet. * Letterform, the graphic form of a letter of the alphabet, either as written or in a particular type font. * Rehearsal letter in an orchestral score Communication * Letter (message), a form of written communication ** Mail * Letters, the collected correspondence of a writer or historically significant person **Maktubat (other), the Arabic word for collected letters **Pauline epistles, addressed by St. Paul to various communities or congregations, such as "Letters to the Galatians" or "Letters to the Corinthians", and part of the canonical books of the Bible * The letter as a form of second-person literature; see Epistle ** Epistulae (Pliny) ** Epistolary novel, a long-form fiction composed of letters (epistles) * Open letter, a public letter as distinguished from private correspond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Illustrated London News
''The Illustrated London News'' appeared first on Saturday 14 May 1842, as the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine. Founded by Herbert Ingram, it appeared weekly until 1971, then less frequently thereafter, and ceased publication in 2003. The company continues today as Illustrated London News Ltd, a publishing, content, and digital agency in London, which holds the publication and business archives of the magazine. History 1842–1860: Herbert Ingram ''The Illustrated London News'' founder Herbert Ingram was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, in 1811, and opened a printing, newsagent, and bookselling business in Nottingham around 1834 in partnership with his brother-in-law, Nathaniel Cooke.Isabel Bailey"Ingram, Herbert (1811–1860)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 17 September 2014] As a newsagent, Ingram was struck by the reliable increase in newspaper sales when they featured pictures and shocking stories. Ingram beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Fenwick-Miller
Florence Fenwick Miller (sometimes Fenwick-Miller, 1854–1935) was an English journalist, author and social reformer of the late 19th and early 20th century. She was for four years the editor and proprietor of The Woman's Signal, an early and influential feminist journal. Biography Florence Fenwick Miller was the eldest daughter of John Miller, a merchant sea-captain, and of Eleanor Miller née Estabrook, daughter of a railway engineer. Privately educated as a child, she read for a medical degree at the University of Edinburgh from 1871, in the year following the Edinburgh Seven, the first females to be admitted to the course. Like the Seven, she was unable to pursue clinical practise and Edinburgh declined to award a degree to her. Edinburgh University had decided against awarding medical degrees to women. In 1873 she took a midwifery certificate at the Ladies' Medical College in London. Despite her training, Miller quickly moved away from medical practice towards wider spheres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
