Doug Walters takes a whimsical look at modern day from the perspective of a Victorian.
Archive - July 2018
Doug Walters
Melissa AllenHetty Green: Wall Street Woman
Henrietta Howland Robinson was born in 1834 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, one of the most important cities in the history of American whaling.
Richard BehrensPostcard Collecting: The Golden Hobby
Postcard collecting, or deltiology as it is known in the trade, is the universal hobby.
Michael BrimbauThe Other Handle-less Hatchet: Another Unwomanly Weapon and its Wielder, Hannah Dustin
There is a second handle-less hatchet under glass in Massachusetts.
Mary Elizabeth NaugleLizzie Borden’s French Street in 1896
Lizzie Borden was proud that her own home was just as much a credit to the neighborhood.
Neilson CaplainEx Libris Lizzie Borden Redux
When Lizzie Borden died, she left behind a large collection of books.
William Schley-UlrichDear Abby, November, 2006
Dear Abby is a humorous series that purports that people wrote into the Fall River newspaper and Abby Borden responded with sage advice—well, sometimes.
Sherry ChapmanPermutations of The Picture of Dorian Gray
The assumption that an evil person should have distorted features reflecting inner depravity may be an irrational prejudice, but it is certainly a common one.
Denise NoeLizzie Borden and Sisterhood
Borden-inspired fiction is hypothetically endless.
Eugene Hosey