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Books in the Social Studies genre:

The Chimes (1845)

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The goblins ringing the chimes show old Trotty a dystopian future for his family -- he wakes determined to do all he can to avert it. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
John Leech
Daniel Maclise
Clarkson Stanfield

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Manners and Customs of Ye Englyshe (1849)

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Humorous drawings and texts explaining Victorian Britain to itself. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Percival Leigh
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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Hard Times for These Times (1854)

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The utilitarian Mr. Gradgrind manages to destroy his children’s happiness. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): None

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The Scouring of the White Horse (1859)

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A history of the White Horse of The White Horse Vale and of the maintenance of that venerable relic. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Thomas Hughes
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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Bird’s Eye Views of Society (1864)

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A collection of pictures of people gathered together for social events in Victorian England. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Richard Doyle
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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Christmas Books (1869)

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An omnibus containing the five Christmas books: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain, and The Battle of Life.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Charles Keene
John Leech

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Breton Folk: An Artistic Tour in Brittany (1880)

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A travel book of northern France. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Henry Blackburn
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Factory Folk During the Cotton Famine (1881)

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A description of conditions in the English cotton mill towns during the Civil War in America when no cotton reached them because of the Northern blockade. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Lancashire Sketches (1881)

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A collection of essays about the author’s native shire. This is the volume from the collected works.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Tufts of Heather Volume 1 (1881)

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A collection of essays, chiefly about the author’s native Lancashire. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott
Et al

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Tufts of Heather Volume 2 (1881)

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A collection of essays, chiefly about the author’s native Lancashire. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott
George Sheffield

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Irish Sketches and Miscellany (1882)

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Travel sketches from Ireland.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Rambles in the Lake Country and Other Travel Sketches (1882)

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Essays and travel sketches of the English Lake Country. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott
Et al

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Tufts of Heather Volume 2 (1882)

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A collection of essays, chiefly about the author’s native Lancashire. A new edition, this includes a different image on the title page.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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The Chimney Corner (1883)

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Over forty Lancashire tales, largely in dialect.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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The Limping Pilgrim on His Wanderings (1883)

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A collection of travel pieces, including one on the Island of Rum.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Mr. Punch’s Victorian Era (1887)

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Reprints the history of the reign of Queen Victoria as seen in the pages of Punch. Issued in three volumes. Read for free online at HathiTrust: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
John Tenniel

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Old Country Life (1890)

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A collection of essays on the decline of the English squirearchy. Read for free online at Internet Achive.

Author(s): S. Baring-Gould
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford
Francis Masey
William Parkinson

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Lancashire Sketches, Second Series (1892)

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A collection of essays about the author’s native shire. This is the volume from the collected works. The title page vignette is repeated from Factory Folk During the Cotton Famine.... View More

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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The Deserts of Southern France (1894)

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A travel book on Southern France covering a region that for many hundred years belonged to England. It is in two volumes. Read for free online at HathiTrust: Volume I, Volume II.... View More

Author(s): S. Baring-Gould
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford
S. Hutton
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