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Author John Robertson
Genre Prose: Autobiography; Biography; Memoirs; Obituary; Anecdotes i
Subjects Crime; Criminals; Punishment; Capital Punishment; Prisons; Penal Transportation; Penal Colonies
France—Description and Travel
France—Politics and Government
France—Social Conditions
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Author Charles Dickens
Genres Prose: Leading Article i
Prose: Report i
Subjects Character; Character Sketches; Caricature
Crime; Criminals; Punishment; Capital Punishment; Prisons; Penal Transportation; Penal Colonies
Law; Lawyers; Justice; Courts; Trials
Psychology; Psychiatry; Mental Health; Mind-Body Relations (Metaphysics)
Violence; Torture; Violence in Literature; Violence—Moral and Ethical Aspects; Violence—Psychological Aspects
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The great sensation of the early summer of 1856 was the twelve-day trial at the Old Bailey of William Palmer, a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, for poisoning John Cook, a racing chum with whom Palmer was financially involved.

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Author W[illiam] H[enry] Wills
Genre Prose: Serial Fiction i
Subjects Revolutions; Revolutions—History; Riots; Riots—Fiction; Political Violence
Social classes; Class distinctions; Aristocracy (Social Class); Aristocracy (Social Class)—Fiction; Middle Class; Working Class; Servants;
Transportation; Horse-Drawn Vehicles; Cab and Omnibus Service; Ballooning
Travel; Tourism; Hotels; Resorts; Seaside Resorts—Fiction; Passports;
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Author W[illiam] H[enry] Wills
Genre Prose: Editorial i
Subjects Natural Sciences (Astronomy / Botany / Geology / Natural History / Oceanography / Paleontology / Zoology)
Other
Statistics; Census; Population
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Author Edmund Saul Dixon
Genre Prose: Essay i
Subjects Animals; Domestic Animals; Pets; Working Animals; Birds; Insects
Natural Sciences (Astronomy / Botany / Geology / Natural History / Oceanography / Paleontology / Zoology)
Sports; Games; Leisure; Pleasure; Hunting; Horse Racing; Gambling; Duelling
Work; Work and Family; Occupations; Professions; Wages
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The Chain

14/6/1856

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Author Adelaide Anne Procter
Subjects Progress; Memory; Commemoration; Nostaliga; Time—Social Aspects; Time—Psychological Aspects; Time perception;
Religion; Religion and Culture
Weather; Meteorology; Climate; Seasons
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Author Wilkie Collins
Genre Prose: Autobiography; Biography; Memoirs; Obituary; Anecdotes i
Subjects Architecture; Building; Housing; Property; Landlord and Tenant;
Character; Character Sketches; Caricature
Health; Diseases; Personal Injuries; Hygiene; Cleanliness—Fiction
London (England)—Description and Travel
Urbanization; Urban Life and Landscapes
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Author Frederick Bayle St. John
Genre Prose: Short Fiction i
Subjects France—Description and Travel
Marriage; Courtship; Love; Sex
Travel; Tourism; Hotels; Resorts; Seaside Resorts—Fiction; Passports;
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Keeping the Peace

14/6/1856

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Author James Payn
Genre Prose: Report i
Subjects Crimean War, 1853-1856
Food; Cooking; Gastronomy; Alcohol; Bars (Drinking Establishments); Restaurants; Dinners and Dining
Great Britain—Description and Travel
Popular Culture; Amusements
Sports; Games; Leisure; Pleasure; Hunting; Horse Racing; Gambling; Duelling
War; Battles; Peace; Military History; Weapons; Soldiers
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A Criminal Trial

21/6/1856

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Author Henry Morley
Genres Prose: Essay i
Prose: Leading Article i
Subjects Crime; Criminals; Punishment; Capital Punishment; Prisons; Penal Transportation; Penal Colonies
Law; Lawyers; Justice; Courts; Trials
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Chip: Red Rockets

21/6/1856

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Author Robert Baxter Postans
Genre Prose: Snippet i
Subjects Communication; Telegraph; Postal Service
Ships; Boats; Shipwrecks; Salvage; Merchant Marine; Sailors; Sailing; Submarines (Ships)
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Author W[illiam] H[enry] Wills
Genre Prose: Serial Fiction i
Subjects Children; Childhood; Pregnancy; Childbirth; Child Rearing; Adoption; Child Labor
Family Life; Families; Domestic Relations; Sibling Relations; Kinship; Home;
Marriage; Courtship; Love; Sex
Social classes; Class distinctions; Aristocracy (Social Class); Aristocracy (Social Class)—Fiction; Middle Class; Working Class; Servants;
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Author Robert Hunt
Genre Prose: Essay i
Subjects Great Britain—History
Precious Metals; Precious Stones; Gold; Gold Mines and Mining; Mines and Mineral Resources; Minerals; Metals; Quarries and Quarrying
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Author H. J. Brown
Genre Prose: Autobiography; Biography; Memoirs; Obituary; Anecdotes i
Subjects Engineering;
Work; Work and Family; Occupations; Professions; Wages
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Coast Folk [i]

21/6/1856

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Author John Robertson
Genres Cross-genre i
Prose: Autobiography; Biography; Memoirs; Obituary; Anecdotes i
Prose: Essay i
Subjects Children; Childhood; Pregnancy; Childbirth; Child Rearing; Adoption; Child Labor
Country Life; Rural Conditions; Rural Conditions in Literature; Rural Development
Ships; Boats; Shipwrecks; Salvage; Merchant Marine; Sailors; Sailing; Submarines (Ships)
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See also 'Scotch Coast Folk', Household Words, XIII, No. 328; 'Scotch Coast Folk. Footdee in the Last Century', Household Words, XIV, No. 330; 'English Coast Folk', Household Words, XIV, No. 333.

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Out of the Season

28/6/1856

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Author Charles Dickens
Genres Prose: Leading Article i
Prose: Travel-writing i
Subjects Great Britain—Description and Travel
Popular Culture; Amusements
Theatre; Performing Arts; Performing; Dance; Playwriting; Circus
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Returning home to London ahead of the rest of the family, after their sojourn in Paris, Dickens stopped for three days (29 April-2 May) at the Ship Hotel in Dover, perhaps intending to make a start on the eighth monthly number of Little Dorrit.

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The Mofussil

28/6/1856

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Author John Capper
Genre Prose: Autobiography; Biography; Memoirs; Obituary; Anecdotes i
Subjects Great Britain—Colonies—Administration
India—Politics and Government
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Author James Payn
Genre Prose: Snippet i
Subject Railroads
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Author George Augustus Sala
Genre Prose: Essay i
Subjects London (England)—Description and Travel
Transportation; Horse-Drawn Vehicles; Cab and Omnibus Service; Ballooning
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Author W[illiam] H[enry] Wills
Genre Prose: Serial Fiction i
Subject Law; Lawyers; Justice; Courts; Trials
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