Jane Austen and Her Times

Name: Jane Austen and Her Times
Author: Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)

Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography

St. Vincent, Battle of, 200.
  Scott, Sir W., review of _Emma_ by, 134-135, 310-311;
    authorship of _Waverley_ imputed to, 173;
    _cited_—on _Pride and Prejudice_, 182.
  Secker, Archbishop, cited, 35, 38.
  Sedan chairs, 282-283.
  _Self Control_, opinions on, 167-168.
  Selwyn, George, _cited_, 283-284.
  _Sense and Sensibility_—
    Anonymous issue of, 163.
    Characters of—children, 24-26;
      Elinor, 136;
      male characters, 86-187;
      minor characters, 188.
    Date of, 98.
    Estimate of, 189.
    Improbability in, 187.
    Letter form of, 185.
    Marriage, views on, depicted in, 142-144.
    Origin of, 78.
    Publication of, 268, 272-273.
    Revision of, 270.
    Title of, 177.
    Otherwise mentioned, 26, 43, 47, 61-62, 83, 89, 91, 135, 136, 308.
  Servants, wages of, 72-73.
  Seward, Anna, 172.
  Sheridan, R. B., old age of, 164;
    plays of, 172.
  Sherwood, Mrs., 28, 31.
  Shopping, 286-287.
  Siddons, Mrs., 292.
  Sloane, Sir Hans, 279.
  _Social England_—_cited_, 238.
  Society of the period, entrée of, 161.
  Southampton, 251, 254.
  Southey, Robert, 173.
  Stephens, Miss, 293, 294.
  Steventon Rectory—
    Description of, 12.
    Sale of furniture of, 218.
    Situation of, 12-14.
  Style of the eighteenth century, 97, 258.
  Swords, wearing of, 124-125, 282.


  Tea, price of, 77.
  _Téméraire_, mutineers on, 209.
  Theatres, 290-292;
    private, 293.
  Thompson, Capt. Edward, on the navy, 202-203
  Thomson, Richard, _quoted_, 156.
  Tilsit, Peace of, 259.
  _Times_ of the period—
    “Baby officers” satirised in, 209.
    Dress fashions satirised in, 125, 244.
    Form of, 107-108.
    Kensington Gardens exit advocated by, 288-289.
    Press-gang’s activities described in, 206-207.
    Private theatres mentioned in, 293.
  Tips, 150-151.
  Trafalgar, Battle of, 257.
  Travel—
    Conditions of, 9-11.
    Ladies, by, 159.
    Methods of—post, 151, 158-159;
      by waggon, 153-154;
      by private chaise, 154-155;
      by coach, 155-158.


  United States of America, secession of, 56.


  _Vicar of Wakefield, The_—_cited_, 34.


  Walpole, Horace, letters of, 108, 113;
    death of, 171;
    _quoted_—on churchgoing, 39;
      on the French Revolution, 51;
      on village merry-makings, 75-76;
      on highway robbery, 160;
      on Fanny Burney, 165;
      on the Duke of Clarence, 307;
    _cited_—on Twickenham, 115;
      on dress, 245.
  _Watsons, The_, 66, 99, 251;
    child character in, 26.
  Wedgwood, 287.
  Whateley, Archbishop, _quoted_, 84, 87, 189.
  Wigs, 235-236, 239.
  Winchester, 78, 317-319, 321.
  Women, advancement in position of, 7.
  Wordsworth, William, 173.


  York, Duke of, post office the monopoly of, 109-110;
    robbed by highwaymen, 160;
    character of, 306.
  Young, Arthur, _quoted_—on French clergy, 37;
      on roads, 152;
    _cited_—on food prices, 70;
      on wages, 73, 76.


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Jane Austen and Her Times

Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography

St. Vincent, Battle of, 200.
  Scott, Sir W., review of _Emma_ by, 134-135, 310-311;
    authorship of _Waverley_ imputed to, 173;
    _cited_—on _Pride and Prejudice_, 182.
  Secker, Archbishop, cited, 35, 38.
  Sedan chairs, 282-283.
  _Self Control_, opinions on, 167-168.
  Selwyn, George, _cited_, 283-284.
  _Sense and Sensibility_—
    Anonymous issue of, 163.
    Characters of—children, 24-26;
      Elinor, 136;
      male characters, 86-187;
      minor characters, 188.
    Date of, 98.
    Estimate of, 189.
    Improbability in, 187.
    Letter form of, 185.
    Marriage, views on, depicted in, 142-144.
    Origin of, 78.
    Publication of, 268, 272-273.
    Revision of, 270.
    Title of, 177.
    Otherwise mentioned, 26, 43, 47, 61-62, 83, 89, 91, 135, 136, 308.
  Servants, wages of, 72-73.
  Seward, Anna, 172.
  Sheridan, R. B., old age of, 164;
    plays of, 172.
  Sherwood, Mrs., 28, 31.
  Shopping, 286-287.
  Siddons, Mrs., 292.
  Sloane, Sir Hans, 279.
  _Social England_—_cited_, 238.
  Society of the period, entrée of, 161.
  Southampton, 251, 254.
  Southey, Robert, 173.
  Stephens, Miss, 293, 294.
  Steventon Rectory—
    Description of, 12.
    Sale of furniture of, 218.
    Situation of, 12-14.
  Style of the eighteenth century, 97, 258.
  Swords, wearing of, 124-125, 282.


  Tea, price of, 77.
  _Téméraire_, mutineers on, 209.
  Theatres, 290-292;
    private, 293.
  Thompson, Capt. Edward, on the navy, 202-203
  Thomson, Richard, _quoted_, 156.
  Tilsit, Peace of, 259.
  _Times_ of the period—
    “Baby officers” satirised in, 209.
    Dress fashions satirised in, 125, 244.
    Form of, 107-108.
    Kensington Gardens exit advocated by, 288-289.
    Press-gang’s activities described in, 206-207.
    Private theatres mentioned in, 293.
  Tips, 150-151.
  Trafalgar, Battle of, 257.
  Travel—
    Conditions of, 9-11.
    Ladies, by, 159.
    Methods of—post, 151, 158-159;
      by waggon, 153-154;
      by private chaise, 154-155;
      by coach, 155-158.


  United States of America, secession of, 56.


  _Vicar of Wakefield, The_—_cited_, 34.


  Walpole, Horace, letters of, 108, 113;
    death of, 171;
    _quoted_—on churchgoing, 39;
      on the French Revolution, 51;
      on village merry-makings, 75-76;
      on highway robbery, 160;
      on Fanny Burney, 165;
      on the Duke of Clarence, 307;
    _cited_—on Twickenham, 115;
      on dress, 245.
  _Watsons, The_, 66, 99, 251;
    child character in, 26.
  Wedgwood, 287.
  Whateley, Archbishop, _quoted_, 84, 87, 189.
  Wigs, 235-236, 239.
  Winchester, 78, 317-319, 321.
  Women, advancement in position of, 7.
  Wordsworth, William, 173.


  York, Duke of, post office the monopoly of, 109-110;
    robbed by highwaymen, 160;
    character of, 306.
  Young, Arthur, _quoted_—on French clergy, 37;
      on roads, 152;
    _cited_—on food prices, 70;
      on wages, 73, 76.


_Printed by_ MORRISON & GIBB LIMITED, _Edinburgh_





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