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RURAL ARCHITECTURE--SUBURBAN COTTAGES.This article is about cottages in the suburbs of Boston. It gives us alot of charactistics of the cottages, It goes into description of many key…
Salle de Jeu, casino, Monte CarloA set of chains and tables at a casino in Monte Carlo. We see Selden in Monte Carlo in the beginning of book 2, and the same with Lily Bart. The…
Something New [Boarding Houses in New York]The boarding houses where Gerty Farish and Nettie Crane live are viewed as quaint and welcoming. Gerty Farish lives in a boarding house that is more…
Spelman’s Loyal Daughters: An Institution in Atlanta Which is Doing Much to Solve the Race Problem; Spelman SeminaryA student that goes to or went to Spelman Seminary wrote this article. It shows the complete accuracy of Alice Walker when describing the start of…
State Trials.This journal of state trials includes the proceedings for high treason and other crimes and misdemeanors from the years 1726 to 1743. In it, are…
Steamboat and Railroad.This article ties to the reading in The Lamplighter because the article talks about how much safer the steamboats were rather than the railroads. In…
Suburban homes on the "Old Colony." A directory for those who seek a suburban residence.This directory is significant to the Lamplighter since it is about suburban homes on “Old Colony”, a place in Boston – the setting of this novel. This…
Suburban Scenery Around BostonIn the Lamplighter, Graham’s country house contained old-fashioned entrances on both sides with a sloped and shady lawn. From the novel, we know that…
Telegraph Around the GlobeThis is a newspaper excerpt from 1850 discussing a successful telegraph between Dover and Calais, and expressing the hopeful possibilities of…
The "Jim Crow" ArgumentAccording to The Color Purple, Nettie used the train in order to get to New York. While on the train, she realized for the first time of how a train…