Victorian Publications on Nathanville

Phrenology by George Burgess (1829-1905)

Author: George Burgess (1829-1905). George Burgess practiced Phrenology in the Arcades, Bristol from 1861 to 1901. These books were published about or after 1871, and most likely published in the Bristol area.

Contents Page - Basic List of Page Contents for both Phrenology books by George Burgess.

Phrenology Book 1 - The first book is a general guide to Phrenology. The Scriptural passages in the book were searched out by George Burgess in 1868.

Phrenology Book 2 - The second book was used by George Burgess until his retirement in 1901, the readings being entered into this book by George Burgess for his customers to keep. The reading in this particular book is of his daughter Gertrude Rosa Burgess in 1901.

Phrenology Heads - Photos of the head stamps (wood carvings & brass on wood) used by George Burgess in his profession in the Arcades, Bristol (1861-1901).

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Victorian Scrapbook by George Burgess (1829-1905)

The Victorian Scrapbook, diary and other writings by Beorge Burgess The scrapbook of George Burgess covering most of his working life from the late 1840's to the 1900's contains Victorian era newspaper articles (most undated, but a few have been dated). The articles are mostly from American newspapers between 1845 and 1857 while George Burgess was in America and British newspapers from 1857 to about 1901.

As he ran out of space he stuck newer cuttings over older articles. A few of the articles have come adrift and most have deteriorated with age. However, this scrapbook is notable in that it gives insight into George Burgess as a person, as he selected (as anyone would) articles to which he could relate. Articles reflecting his views and/or on topics of interest to him e.g. Religion, Science, Humour, Drink and Poetry etc. A copy of some of the original newspapers can be viewed here.

George Burgess, a great lover of poetry and good literature, gained much pleasure from copying some of those articles he collected from newspapers. Click here to view a selection of six articles of his choice, poems and short stories, reproduced in his hand-writing and written on his own personalised paper.

For historical accuracy poor spelling and bad grammar (and American spellings) in any article is faithfully reproduced in the transcription.

Victorian Scrapbook - Alphabetical Listing
Topics covered by the Victorian Scrapbook are: -

[ Family ] [ Health & Education ] [ Humour ] [ Poetry ] [ Politics & History ] [ Religion ] [ Science & Nature ] [ Temperance ] [ Victorian Culture ]

Mother's Last Words by Mary Sewell

Mother's Last Words by Mary Sewell, the mother of Anna Sewell (the author of `Black Beauty') was born into the Quaker faith in 1797, and lived at the Blue Lodge, Wick from 1858 to 1864. She had a great love of poetry and wrote `Mother's Last Words' (which sold millions of copies throughout the world) while living at Wick, near Bristol. George Burgess, himself a great lover of poetry spent his earlier years reading and writing down that which appealed to him, including `Mother's Last Word' which he copied word for word into an exercise book. The booklet reproduced here is a copy of that original booklet which George Burgess bought for his enjoyment.

Click on the image above to read Mother's Last Words

Relevant link: Mary and Anna Sewell

And on Wikipedia
Anna Sewell (author of Black Beauty), and
Mary Sewell (mother of Anna Sewell and author of Mother's Last Words)

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Acton Bell (Annie Bronte) is another book favourite past down through the generations: -

Victorian Publications on Nathanville

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