Original Sources/19th C. Texts

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General sources

• 17th and 18th Century Sources
• 18th Century Reading Room
• 18th Century Collections Online, ECCO
• Bibliography: Proceedings of the Old Bailey
• British Legal History, Cambridge
• Chambers Book of Days
• (The) Every Day Book, William Hone, 1925, Google eBook
• The Ex Classics Website (Copyright free books)
• Mrs. Spectator’s Coffee House: Early Modern Resources on Early Modern Web
• How to Read 18th Century British-American Writing
• The Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Chronicle, From July to December, by Sylvanus Urban, gent, 1816
• The etymological compendium, or, Portfolio of origins and inventions … By William Pulleyn, 1830
• Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected, 1823, slang phrases

• Gross’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1811; Words are easy to find on this site in searchable format
• Canting Dictionary, Thieving Slang, 1736. A Collection of the Canting Words and Terms, both ancient and modern, used by Beggars, Gypsies, Cheats, House-Breakers, Shop-Lifters, Foot-Pads, Highway-Men, &c; Taken from The Universal Etymological English Dictionary, by N. Bailey, London, 1737, Vol. II, and transcrib’d into XML Most Diligently by Liam Quin.
• Genealogy Records: England
• A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronage of the British Empire, Burke, 1832
• The Family Topographer, Samuel Symms, 1837
• The Georgian Era, Memoirs of the Most Eminent Persons, 1833
• The Georgian Era, 1834
• The Official Baronage of England, 1886, illustrated
• The Online Books Page: Women, conduct of life, 1800s
• The Online Books Page: English Social Customs, 18th c.

Architecture, Art, and Furniture

• Illustrated History of Furniture, Frederick Litchfield, 1851
• An Historic Sketch of the Art of Caricaturing, James Peller Malcolm, 1813
• Brighton As it Is 1836: A Guidebook
• Researching Historic Buildings in the British Isles
• The Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds, James Northcote, Vol. 2, 1819
• The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, January, 24, 1829
• The Village Homes of England, Sydney R. Jones, 1912
• The Works of William Hogarth, 1833

Animals

• The Illustrated Horse Doctor, Edward Mayhew, 1880

Children’s Books

• Harrison’s New Nursery Picture Book, Project Gutenberg, 1810
• London town, designed and illustr. by T. Crane & E. Houghton. (Verses by F. Leigh), 1883
• The Picture Exhibition: A Collection of Neat Wood-cuts For Juvenile Amusements, 1839
• Little Mary, or the Picture Book, 1823

Cookery, Cookbooks, Household Chores, and Dining Out

• An Encyclopedia of Domestic Economy, Thomas Webster, Mrs. William Parkes, 1852, Google eBook
• A New System of Domestic Cookery, Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell, 1814, Google eBook
• The Book of Household Management, Isabella Beeton, 1859
• The Art of Cookery, Hannah Glasse, 1747
• The Confectioner’s Oracle, 1830 (Gunter’s)
• The Epicure’s Almanac, or a Diary of Good Living, BE Hill, 1842, Google eBook
• The Experienced English Housekeeper, Elizabeth Raffald, 1786, Google eBook
• The Frugal Housewife, or Experienced Cook, Susannah Carter, 1822, Google eBook
• The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper’s Complete Assistant: On a New Plan. Made Plain and Easy to the Understanding of Every Housekeeper, Cook, and Servant in the Kingdom. Containing Proper Directions for the Choice of All Kind of Provisions … to which is Appended, an Appendix, Containing Considerations on Culinary Poisons; Directions for Making Broths, &c. for the Sick; a List of Things in Season in the Different Months of the Year; Marketing Tables, &c. &c. Also, a Bill of Fare for Every Month in the Year (Google eBook), John Farley, messrs. Price, Sleater, Lynch, Whitestone, Burnet, Walker, White, Moncrieffe, Beatty, Burton Byrne, Perrin, and Cash., 1783 – 335 pages
• The Universal Cook: And City and Country Housekeeper, John Francis Collingwood and John Woollams, Principal Cooks at The Crown and AnchorTavern in the Strand, 1792
• 18th Century British Recipes, with a caraway cake from Martha Lloyd
• Old Cookery Books, by W. CarewHazlitt, 1902
• Feeding America, a site designed by the University of Michigan,provides a list of cookbooks published in America during the 18th and 19th centuries; more interestingly, this site includes a pictorial collection of the cooking utensils and kitchen ware popular during this era.
• Science in the Kitchen, Mrs. E.E. Kellogg, 1893
• Treatise on Domestic Economy for Young Ladies at Home and at School, Catherine Esther Beecher, 1849
• Virtual Colonial Cookbook Collection

Criminal Justice

• A History of Crime in England, Luke Owen Pike, 1837
• Capital Punishment in the 18th and 19th centuries, UK
• Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1834
• A Digest of the Law of Scotland, Hugh Barclay, 1855
• The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer, Richard Burn, 1814, Google book
• The Newgate Calendar
• The Tryal of Mary Blandy, Spinster, For the Murder of Her Father, 1752, Internet archive

Dance

• English 18th Century Dances, 1812. Google eBook
• The Complete System of English Country Dancing, Mr. Wilson, 1815

Fashion, Dress, Uniforms, Costumes, and Accessories

• Ackermann’s Repository, fashion plates, 1809-1822, Lost Elegance website
• A Pinch of Snuff, Anecdotes of Snuff Taking, With the Moral and Physical Effects of Snuff, BE Hill, 1840
• History of the twelve great livery companies of London, William Herbert, 1834
• Origin and Early History of the Fashion Plate, Project Gutenberg
• Queen Lace Book, Medieval Lacework and Pointwork, The Queen’s Office, Strand, 1874
• Textiles and Costume Design, Evelyn Peters Ellsworth, 1917, Google eBook
• The History of Fashion in France, Augustin Challamel, 1882
• The workwoman’s guide, containing instructions in cutting out and completing articles of wearing apparel, by a lady, 1840. Google book.

History

• British History Online
• Historical Autographs: British History, 1800-1950
• History Digital Library – British
• Modern England: from the accession of James I to the present time, Boston, Mass,: Boston School Supply Company, c 1884, Edited by John c. Crowley. Library of Congress digitized book, ill., ports, maps, facsims., geneal, tables
• National Archives of the United Kingdom
• The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George III, Sir Erskine, May 1861
• Rural Rides, William Cobbett, 1802
• The Life of Lord Nelson, Robert Southey, 1813, Google eBook

House and Household

• A Manual of Useful Knowledge, William Pybus, 1810, Google eBook

Images

• Georgian Britain: Discover prints, drawings and documents, as well as informative articles, which delve into the lives of the Georgians, British Library
• The tour of Dr. Syntax, in search of the picturesque, A poem,1817, London, William Combe. Seven colored images by Thomas Rowlandson, British Library

Industrial revolution

• Georgian Britain: The Industrial Revolution, Mathhew White, 2009, British Library
• The Golden Falcon: Silk and the silk route
• The Life of the Industrial Worker in 19th Century Britain,Michael Sadler, 1832
• Online Books Page: Great Britain and the Working Class

Home

Jane Austen Biography

• Jane Austen and Her Times, G.E. Mitton, 1905
• Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends, Constance Hill, 1901
• Memoir of Jane Austen, Edward Austen Leigh, 1871
• Jane Austen: Her Life and Letters, William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh, 1913
• Leigh Family Tree, Project Gutenberg
• Biographical Notice of the Author, Henry Austen, 1817-1818
• My Aunt Jane Austen: A Memoir, Caroline Austen, March 1867
• Memoir of Jane Austen, Letter to Her Younger Sister, Fanny Knatchbull Knight (written when Fanny was in her 70’s)
• Jane Austen by Harold Child, The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, Vol. 12, Edited by A. W. Ward & A. R. Waller
• Jane Austen’s Will at the National Archives

• James Stanier Clarke: Librarian to the Prince of Wales, Jane Austen Centre, July 17, 2011

• Letter from Jane Austen to James Stanier Clarke, 1 April 1816, British Library

• Jane Austen’s Illness: British Medical Journal, 1964
• Scanning Electron Microscope Study of Jane Austen’s Hair, 1972
• Jane Austen: Eminent Women Series, Mrs. Charles Malden, London,1889, Google eBook
• A Woman’s Wit: Jane Austen’s Life and Legacy, Morgan Library and Museum, 2009-10

Jane Austen Novels & Critiques

• Jane Austen’s novels tab on this blog – leads to many links
• Pride & Prejudice, with Criticisms and Interpretations by Sir Walter Scott, Lord Macaulay, etc.
• Jane Austen’s Juvenilia, British Library
• Three Prayers of Jane Austen, Jane Austen Centre, (sign up for free membership)
• Lady Susan, facsimile from the Morgan Library

Letters

• Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.), Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings, Mrs. Hester Lynch Piozzi, 1861, Project Gutenberg Book
• Before and After Waterloo: Letters from Edward Stanley, 1802, 1814, 1816, with illustrations, Project Gutenburg
• Dispatches and Letters of Lord Viscount Nelson, 1802-1804, Google eBooks
• Guidelines for Writing 19th Century Letters: a fun exercise, but no sources given. PDF doc
• Jane Austen’s Letters to Cassandra, University of Virginia Library
• Letters of Jane Austen, Selected from the Compilation of her Great Nephew, Edward Lord Brabourne, by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, Boston, 1892, Google eBooks
• Letters and Despatches of Horatio, viscount Nelson, 1886, Google eBook
• Letters of the late Lord Lyttelton, 1812. Google eBook.
• Lord Byron’s Letter to Lady Caroline Lamb
• Lord Byron: Selected Letters, English History.net
• The Bevan Family Letters, The Regency Townhouse
• The Earl of Chesterfield’s Letters to His Son, Project Gutenberg
• The Life and Letters of Lady Hester Stanhope, Internet Archive

London

• British History Sources: Web Resources, Hampden-Sydney College
• City Scenes, or a Peep into London, William Darton, 1827. Project Gutenberg
• Collins’ Illustrated Guide to London and Neighborhoods, 1873, Project Gutenberg
• London Labour and the London Poor, Volume 1, Henry Mayhew, Internet Archive
• London Lives 1690-1800. Searchable database
• The Bolles Collection on the History of London, Tufts University
• The Clubs of London, Charles Marsh, 1828, Google eBook
• The Great Metropolis: Almack’s, Social Investigation Journalism, James Grant, 1837, Victorian London.
• Directory of London and Westminster, & Borough of Southwark, 1797: An Alphabet List of the Names and Places of Abode of the Directors of Companies, Persons in Public Business, Merchts., and other eminent Traders. SOURCE: Kent’s Directory for the Year 1794. Cities of London and Westminster, & Borough of Southwark.
• Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies, 1789. Google eBook
• Hogarth’s London, Henry Benjamin Wheatley, late 1800’s. Internet Archive
• London, Past and Present, Vol 1, Henry Benjamin Wheatley, Internet Archive
• London, Past and Present, Vol 3, Henry Benjamin Wheatley, Internet Archive
• Microcosm of London, Vol 1, Henry Pyne, 1808, Internet Archive
• Microcosm of London, Vol 2, Henry Pyne, 1808, Internet Archive
• Old and New London, A Narrative of its History, its People and its Places. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings from the Most Authentic Sources. vol 4 by Thornbury, Walter, created from the 1872-78 edition. Tufts Digital Library
• Old London Street Cries and The Cries of Today, Andrew White Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, 1885 (Document made available by the University of Wisconsin)
• Parish Registers, Before 1837
• Picture for London, 1809, John Feltham, Google eBook
• Real Life in London, Volumes I & II, Pierce Egan, 1821, with Illustrations, Project Gutenberg
• Reliques of Old London Suburbs North of the Thames, Thomas R. Way, 1898, Internet Archive
• Roundabout Piccadilly and Pall Mall, Henry Benjamin Wheatley, 1870, Internet Archive
• Streetology of London, Harcourt Brown, 1837. Full Google eBook
• The Microcosm of London,Vol 1, Rudolph Ackermann, Henry Pynne, William Combe, Augustus Pugin, Thomas Rowlandson
  Illustrated by Augustus Pugin, Thomas Rowlandson, Methuen, 1904, Google eBook
• The Microcosm of London, Vol 2, Rudolph Ackermann, Henry Pynne, William Combe, Augustus Pugin, Thomas Rowlandson
  Illustrated by Augustus Pugin, Thomas Rowlandson, Methuen, 1904, Google eBook
• A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Environs, James Elmes, 1831, Google eBook
• Topography of London: giving a concise local description of, and accurate direction to, every square, street, lane, court, dock, wharf, inn, public office, &c. in the metropolis and its environs, John Lockie, 1810, Google eBook
• The Tour of Doctor Syntax Through London, or the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis, A Poem by William Combe, Published in 1820; Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson and Robert Cruikshank. Downloaded from the Internet Archive 1/14/2020
• The World in Miniature, Vol 1, William Henry Pyne, R. Ackerman, 1827

Manners and etiquette

• Letters to His Son, Earl of Chesterfield, 1750. A gentleman’s advice to his son about manners and social behavior, Google eBook
• The Mirror of Graces, A Lady of Distinction, 1811 (A sourcebook for all Regency lovers) University of Wisconsin Digital Collection
• The Gentleman’s and Lady’s Companion, Containing the Newest Cotillions and Country Dances, 1798, The Library of Congress
• The Dandy’s Perambulations, Author Unknown, 1819 (A satiric contemporary view of a Regency dandy)
• The lady’s guide to perfect gentility, in manners, dress, and conversation … also a useful instructor in letter writing, toilet preparations, fancy needlework, millinery, dressmaking, care of wardrobe, the hair, teeth, hands, lips, complexion, etc. By Emily Thornwell …1858, Library of Congress
• Diaries of a Lady of Quality, Written between 1797 and 1844 by Miss Frances Williams Wynn
• The Laws of Etiquette by a Gentleman, 1837 (Philadelphia), Project Gutenberg
• Essays on Men and Manners , William Hazlitt, 1822
• Rules of Etiquette and Home Culture: Or what to do and how to do it, Rand McNalley, 1893, Google ebook
• Social England Under the Regency, Vol 1 of 2, John Ashton, 1899, Project Gutenberg
• The Young Lady’s Friend, Eliza Farrars, 1837, Boston, Google eBook
• The Young Woman’s Companion, J.A. Stewart, Oxford, 1815, Google eBook
• Fashion Then and Now, William Pitt Lennox, 1878, Google eBook

Maps

• Greenwood’s Map of London, 1827, Old Maps Online
• Maps, British Library Online Collection, over 4.5 million
• Maps, 16th-19th century, searchable database,University of Washington
• Old London Maps, Old Maps Online, UK

Memoirs, Journals, and Biographies

• Almack’s Revisited, Charles White, 1828, Google eBook
• An Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy: Late of Covent-Garden Theatre. Written by Herself. To which is Annexed, Her Original Letter to John Calcraft, … The Third Edition. In Five Volumes. … By George Anne Bellamy, Alexander Bicknell, Published by printed for the author, and sold by J. Bell, 1785, Google eBook
• Continuation of the Diary Illustrative of the Times of George IV, Interspersed with Original Letters from the Late Queen Caroline, Princess Charlotte, and from Various Other Distinguished Persons, Edited by John Galt, 1839, Google eBook
• Diary of an Ennuyee, Mrs. Jameson, 1876, includes world travels, Google eBook

• Diaries & Numerous Historical Biographies, including a grocer, engraver, protege of Josiah Wedgwood, lawyer, surgeon, apothecary, Liet. General, and more. All in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
• Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, During the years 1810 & 1811, Louis Simond, Google eBook
• Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope: A new light on her life and love affairs, Frank Hamel, 1913, Google eBook
• Life of Lord Admiral Nelson, James Stanier Clarke and John MacArthur, 1810, Google eBook
• Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian, Volume 1, Mrs. Mathews (Anne Jackson), Charles Mathews, R. Bentley, 1839, Google eBook
• Authentic and Impartial Memoirs of Her Late Majesty, Charlotte: Queen of Great Britain and Ireland,Containing a Faithful Retrospect of Her Early Days, Her Marriage, Coronation, Correspondence, Illness, Death, Funeral Obsequies, &c. &c. Interspersed with Occasional Anecdotes of the Royal Family, and Other Illustrious Personages. Including Various Interesting and Original Particulars, Never Before Published Walley Chamberlain, by W.C. Oulton, Esq, London, 1819, Google eBook
• Memoir of Jane Austen, Edward Austen-Leigh, 1871, Project Gutenberg
• Memoirs of Mary Darcy Robinson, 1801, A Celebration of Women Writers
• Memoirs of the Court of England During the Regency, 1811-1820, The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 1856, full Google eBook
• Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, 1845, Google eBook
• Memoirs of William Lord Beckford, Twice Lord Mayor of London, 1859
• Nelson, the public and private life of Horatio, viscount Nelson, as told by himself, his comrades, and his friends, George Lathom Browne, 1891, Google eBook
• Reminiscences of Captain R.H. Gronow, 1794-1865, Project Gutenberg
• The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, by Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Smyth, Albert Henry, 1863-1907, Internet Archive
• Short Biographical Sketch of Charles Lamb, 1775-1834
• The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 17th c., pepysdiary.com
• The Georgian Era: Memoirs, Vol II, Military and Naval Commanders, Judges and Barristers, Physicians and Surgeons, 1833, Google eBook
• The Georgian Era: Memoirs, Vol III, 1834, Memoirs of the Most Eminent Persons Who Have Flourished In Great Britain, Google eBooks
• The Georgian Era: Vol IV, 1834, Political and Rural Economists; Painters, Sculptors, Architects, and Engravers; Composters, Vocal, Instrumental, and Dramatic Performers, Google eBooks
• The Grand Tour, Vol 1, Thomas Nugent, 1749, full Google eBook
• The Grand Tour, Vol 2, Thomas Nugent, 1749, full Google eBook
• The Grand Tour, Vol 3, Thomas Nugent, 1749, full Google eBook
• The Grand Tour, Vol 4, Thomas Nugent, 1749, full Google eBook
• The Life and Letters of Lady Sarah Lennox, 1902, J. Murray, Free Google eBook, includes a short political sketch of the years 1760 to 1763 by Henry Fox, 1st Lord Holland, Volume 1)
• The Life of Richard Nash of Bath, Oliver Goldsmith, 1762, Google eBook
• The Natural History of Selburne, Gilbert White, 1768-1793, Project Gutenberg
• The Works of Samuel Johnson, 1824, Google eBooks
• The Works of Thomas De Quincy: Autobiographic Sketches, 1790-1803, Google Book
• Dr. Neil Arnott, 1788-1879, Scottish physician and inventor
• Women Writers Living Between 1701-1800, A Celebration of Women Writers

Newspapers and Publications (Also check Writer and Literature Resources)

• Ainsworth Magazine, 1845 : A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art, Volume 7, Google eBook
• La Belle Assemblee, v. 2, published by J.Bell, 1807, Google eBook
• La Belle Assemblee fashion images collection, National Portrait Gallery
• Oxford Lib Guides, Early Modern History (British & W European C 1500 – 1800 newspapers) – search engine, Bodleian Library

Nature and Science

• A History of British Birds, Vol II, The Figures Engraved in Wood by T. Bewick, 1816, Google eBook
• A Practical Treatise on Planting: And the Management of Woods and Coppices. Samuel Hayes, 1794. Google eBooks.

• Letters from Selborne Dispatched to London over “rocky hollow lanes” two centuries ago, the Reverend Mr. White’s observations would change forever the way that people wrote, thought, and looked upon the natural world, by Fred Strebeigh, originally published in Audubon, November 1988

• The Life and Letters of Gilbert White of Selborne, Internet Archive, digitized book

Objects, Makeup, and Personal Possessions*

• 18th Century ‘flower power’ to aid beauty, Sara Murden, 2016
• A History of the Fan
• Eye Antiques

• Makeup And Lead Poisoning In The 18th Century, Emma Chambers, UCL department: Museums and Collections

• Women’s Regency Makeup: An Overview, Hair and Makeup Artist Handbook, by H&MUA Team, 30 May 2015

• Vintage Eye Wear for Every Day Use

Peerage

• Burke’s Peerage: Established 1826. Searchable database for surnames and all records
• Debrett’s Peerage
• Peerage and landed gentry genealogical books online: Fibis (Families in British India Society)
• United Kingdom peerage creations 1801-2020: a list compiled by David Beamish

Poetry & Plays*

• Jokeby: a burlesque on Rokeby, a poem in six cantos, John Roby, Sir Walter Scott, 1813
• Selected Prose and Poetry of Lady Mary Wortley Montague
• The Art of Walking the Streets of London, John Gay, 1685-1732
• The School for Scandal, Richard Sheridan, 1777
• The English dance of death, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson, by William Combe, based on the original edition published by R. Achermann, 1815 (originally published in 24 monthly parts, 1814-16. Downloaded from the Internet Archive  1/14/2020: https://archive.org/details/englishdanceofde01comb/page/n1
• The Tour of Dr. Syntax: In search of the picturesque, a poem, William Combe, 1865 (originally 1812), Google book
• The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of a Wife: A Poem, by William Combe and Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson, 1903. Originally published y R. Ackermann, 1821. Downloaded 1/14/2020 from the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/thirdtourofdocto00combiala/page/n7
• The Witlings, by Fanny Burney, 1779

Records

• Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses and Guild-Brethren, 1406-1841
• The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1830, Edmund Burke, 1831
• History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Warwickshire: Comprising a General Survey of the County with a Variety of Historical, Statistical, Topographical, Commercial, and Agricultural Information … By Francis White & Co, Francis White, & co, Francis White & Co, Published by F. White, 1850, 915 pages, partial Google book available

Servants

• A Manual of Domestic Economy: Suited to Families Spending From 100 to 1,000 Pounds a Year, J. H. Walsh, 1854
• An Encyclopedia of Domestic Economy, Thomas Webster, Mrs. Camilla Parkes, 1852
• The Complete Servant: Being a Guide to All Servants, Samuel and Sara Adams, Fifty Years Servants in Different Families, p 557 – 569, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume XVIII, July – December, 1825
• Domestic Servants, Their Interests and Duties, Rev. David Hay, 1852 (More a religious view about servants and their duties.)
• Household Work, or, The Duties of Female Servants, J. Masters, 1850
• The London Art Of Cookery and Domestic Housekeepers’ Complete Assistant, by John Farley, 1811
• The House Servants Directory, Robert Roberts, 1827 Online resource
• The Footman’s Directory and Butler’s Remembrances, Or the Advice of Onesimus to his Young Friends, A Marcus Alfred, Hatchard & Son, 1823 (Available for purchase in the U.K.)

Social History and Satire

• A Master Key to the Rich Ladies Treasury, by a Second Son, 1742 (List of eligible ladies)
• Gentleman’s Magazine, 1731-1750
• Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies, 1789 (List of London prostitutes)
• The English Spy by C.M. Westmacott, illustrated by Robert Cruikshank
• The Queen’s Matrimonial Ladder, A National Toy with Fourteen Step Scenes, William Hone, 1820, illustrated
• The Wits and Beaux of Society, Philip and Grace Wharton, 1890
• Life in Regency England, R. J. White, 1963 (Some free pages)
• The Cock of Cotton Walk and the Maid of All Work: A Poem, 1820
• Social England Under the Regency, John Ashton, 1899

Transportation (for more resources, visit the History section)

• A New and Accurate Description of All the Direct and Principal Crossroads, Daniel Paterson, Francis Freeling, 1811
• A Treatise on Carriages and Harness, William Felton, Volume 1, 1798
• The Night Coach, P 570 – 573, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume XVIII, July – December, 1825
• Highways and Horses, Athol Maudslay, 1888, Partial book available

Travels

• A Journal of Residence During Several Months in London, Including Excursions Through Several Parts of England, and a Short Tour in France and Scotland in the Years 1823 and 1824, Alexander Wheaton, 1830
• Arthur Young’s Travels In France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789
• England in 1815 as seen by a young Boston merchant; being the reflections and comments of Joseph Ballard on a trip through Great Britain in the year of Waterloo (1913), Joseph Ballard, Internet Archive
• The Russian Journals of Martha and Catherine Wilmot, 1803-1808
• The Stranger in England, or Travels in Great Britain, By Christian Augustus Gottlieb Goede, 1807
• The Travels of Dean Mahomet: An 18th-Century Journey Through India, Edited with an introduction and biographical essay by Michael H. Fisher, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, Berkeley · Los Angeles · London 1997 The Regents of the University of California, Includes a section on Dean Mahomet in Ireland and England.
• Travels Through Italy in the Years 1804-1805, August Von Kotzebue, 1806
• Tour in England, Ireland, and France: In the Years 1826, 1827, 1828, and 1829, by Hermann Puckler-Muskau, translated by Sarah Austin

Working Classes

• A History of the Cries of London, Charles Hindley, 1881, Google eBook
• London Labour and the London Poor, Henry Mayhew, 1840, partial Google book
• Women in the Fine Arts from the 7th Century BC to the Twentieth Century AD, Clara Erskine Clement, 1904
• Online Books Page: Great Britain and the Working Class
• The Book of English Trades, and library of the useful arts, 1818, free Google ebook
• The Village Labourer: 1760-1832: A Study in the Government of England, By John Lawrence Hammond, Barbara Bradby Hammond, 1913

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Scholarly Journals, Books, and Collections

• A Guide to the Jane Austen Collection, Goucher College
• Emma: A Discussion, Fall 2006, Brooklyn Univ
• Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1772, William Gilpin, published 1788