
Eunice Romaine-the name took me back down long vistas of years to a convent school at Oxford, to the clanging bells of Tom Tower, to the vibrant note of boys' voices in college chapels, to the scent of flowers and incense at early celebrations, to the high devotions and ideals...

"Workhouse Characters: and other sketches of the life of the poor" by Margaret Wynne Nevinson offers a stark and compelling glimpse into Victorian London's workhouses and the lives of those caught within their walls. Nevinson's insightful observations shed light on the pervasive...