Victorian advice on courtship, engagement, weddings and marriage
A selection of articles of advice published in the 1890s now issued in standard pdf e-book format, readable by any Windows or Mac desktop, laptop or tablet computer including i-Pads.
Victorian Advice to Courting Couples
 16 pages of advice published by George Routledge in London in the 1890s with links to old and rare books for sale in the UK in this and many other fields.
Sample text: "...at a moment when she needs the very best advice accompanied with a considerate regard for her overwrought feelings - the very best course she can take is to confide the secret of her heart to that truest and most loving of friends - her mother..."
Victorian Advice to Engaged Couples
 10 pages of advice published by George Routledge in London in the 1890s, with links to old and rare books for sale in the UK in this and many other fields.
Sample text: "...In all places of public amusement - at balls, the opera, &c. - for a lady to be seen with any other cavalier than her avowed lover in close attendance upon her would expose her to the imputation of flirtation..."
Victorian Advice on Wedding Preparations
 16 pages of advice published by George Routledge in London in the 1890s, with links to old and rare books for sale in the UK in this and many other fields
Sample text: "...He will do well also to sever all connections which, though perhaps harmless to him in his bachelor days, would not comport well with his future more dignified state...Not to do this might hereafter lead to inconvenience and cause no little annoyance..."
Victorian Advice to Newly-Weds
 9 pages of advice published by George Routledge in London in the 1890s, with links to old and rare books for sale in the UK in this and many other fields
Sample text: "...We can tell them, moreover, that men attach no small importance to this very essential operation, and that a very effectual way to keep them in good-humour, as well as good condition, is for wives to study their husband's peculiar likes and dislikes in this matter..."
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