It's a beautiful book. Crane's eye-catching illustrations of Victorian London are accompanied by Houghton's whimsical verse. London Town also offers a glimpse into a rarely considered sub-genre of ...

TRAFFIC IN INNOCENTS (230 pp.)—Charles Terrot—E. P. Dutton ($3.75). One rainy evening in 1881 a weary, bewildered girl of 17 stood in the middle of London’s bustling King’s Cross Station ...

Adult pick: "Rules for Ruin," by Mimi Matthews Effie Flite is no ordinary Victorian heroine. Raised in a reform home turned ...

The book allies us most closely with Quinn le Blanc (not her real name), who is “London’s most talented con woman” and who is assisted by shadowy Mr. Silk.

The book allies us most closely with Quinn le Blanc (not her real name), who is “London’s most talented con woman” and who is assisted by shadowy Mr. Silk.

London: Lost Interiors is an opportunity to glimpse inside the homes of London from a time well before it was common to photograph them – Victorian, Edwardian and early 20th century London.

One of the most famous books of the Victorian age is The Book of Household Management. ... (London, first edition 1861). It's a useful source for social historians, ...

In my new book, Modelling the Metropolis, I show how architectural models became a crucial communication tool in Victorian London. They enabled politicians and the wider public to visualise, ...