Fall is definitely here!  Trees are showing distinct splotches of gold and orange, the nights are cooling off and the cat has asked for her heating pad.  Like the Victorian housewives of our current issue, I'm looking at my cupboards, thinking about pumpkin pies, and calculating how many bags of cranberries I'll need to buy for my annual canning fest (cranberry sauce and an absolutely delicious cranberry relish). 

Besides being "on time" for once with our regular monthly issue, our latest Quarterly (Victorian Times Quarterly #9) is also ready! 

And as I mentioned last month, back issues of Victorian Times Quarterly are now available for the entire range of Victorian Times, from July 2014 through the present issue.  That's nine volumes in all, packed with fantastic, informative and entertaining tidbits of Victoriana, and gorgeous illustrations and engravings.  You can find a full list of available copies of Victorian Times Quarterly at http://www.VictorianVoices.net/VT/index.shtml. They make fabulous gifts!

And speaking of gifts (hint, hint), Christmas is coming... If you love a Victorian Christmas, don't miss our Victorian Christmas Treasury, a unique compendium of Victorian Christmas ideas, customs and traditions from Britain, America and the world.  Find out more in our bookstore!

And now, here's what we have for October:

• In Leadenhall  Market (The Strand, 1892) If you wanted to buy an animal or a bird (alive or dead), this was the spot in London to find it - from a man with pockets full of puppies to butchers with rows of plucked turkeys and geese for the table.
• Royal Ghosts in Hampton Court Palace (CFM, 1894) Tales of some of the ghosts in one of the (allegedly) most haunted palaces in England...
• Sights and Scenes of the New World: A Unique Watering Place (CFM, 1884) Our series concludes with a visit to New York's Coney Island, "the most popular watering place in the country," with eight railroads running to it, one line of horse tram-cars, and nine lines of steamboats!
• Coloured Leaves: How to Print Them (GOP, 1883) A charming craft idea that would be just as lovely today.
• Model Menu for October (GOP, 1893) What to offer for this month's dinner party.
• Art Needlework (GOP, 1888) Beautiful embroidery patterns that work just as well today as they did more than 100 years ago.
• Practical Etiquette: Wedding Anniversaries (Demorest, 1889) Tips on hosting a wedding anniversary, as well as how to celebrate paper, wooden, tin, glass, china and silver weddings.
• The Busy Days of October (Ingalls' Family Magazine, 1888) Lovely recipes for autumn fruits such as apples and quince, as well as tips on preparing the household for winter.
• Cloaks and Overcoats of All Times (The Strand, 1893) Pictorial feature of historic fashions in outerwear.
• October Lore (ILA, 1846) Country lore, customs and feast days.
• Etiquette of Mourning (Collier's Cyclopedia, 1882) When should one wear black for mourning?  For how long?  How does one observe mourning for different degrees of relationships?  This article explains exactly what to wear during one's period of grief.
• Observations from the End of One (CFM, 1875) "One" is the number of the author's table in a particular dining-room, and his observations are on the often-difficult life of the Victorian waiter.
• A Gossip on Rings and Wedding Rings (CFM, 1891) A look at rings, inscriptions, and ring-lore from antiquity onwards.
• Winter Soups: How to Make Them (CFM, 1880) "How often, thanks to the cheritable of all and of no denomination, has some poor shivering wretch been brought back almost from death to life by the timely aid of a basin of soup..."
• Fiction: Carter's Incandescent Cats (CFM, 1895) An inventor realizes that cats would surely be the ideal source of electricity!

Visit http://www.victorianvoices.net/VT/issues/VT-1610.shtml to download this issue!

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Victorian Times Quarterly #9

Victorian Times Quarterly #9 is now available!  This volume features the July, August and September 2016 issues of Victorian Times, in a lovely, easy-to-read print edition.  In this issue, you'll find articles on: 

• Sights and Scenes of the New World: On a Mississippi Steamboat
• Sights and Scenes of the New World: Galveston
• Sights and Scenes of the New World: Up the Hudson
• Shopping in "The States"
• Another Little Friend (The Harvest Mouse)
• In the Donkeys' Dairy
• Mountain Sheep, Shepherding and Shepherds' Dogs
• Attractive Serving
• How I Furnished My Store Cupboard
• Model Menu for the Month (Monthly)
• September Stores
• Soups for Hot Weather
• Through the Heated Term
• Art Needlework (Monthly)
• Roumanian Work
• Some Home-Made Effects
• The Art of Hand-Shaking
• In an English Deer Park
• The History of Home: Domestic Ways Since the Times of Henry VIII
• Country Lore (Monthly)
• Through the Heated Term
• A Military Tea-Party
• Young Tommy Atkins: A Personal Experience
• Street Corner Men
• A Druggist's Peculiar Orders
• The Requirements of a Yachting Cruise
• An Unfashionable Day at the Seaside
• Royal Menus
• Pickings from the Prairie
• Children of 1000 Years
• Some London Street Cries
• Soldiers of a Century
• Fiction: The House that Jerry Built
• Fiction: Mr. and Mrs. Pidgeon's Visit to Their City Friends

Find out more at http://www.victorianvoices.net/VT/VTQ/VTQ09.shtml

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