Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.

Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.

Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.

Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.

Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.

Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.

Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.

Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.

Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.

Call Number, is the newsletter of the School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas. The periodical contains information about professors, news in the department, and the school's alumni.

Articles about the Miniature Book Society, its members, and various happenings in the world of miniature books.

Articles about the Miniature Book Society, its members, and various happenings in the world of miniature books.

Articles about the Miniature Book Society, its members, and various happenings in the world of miniature books.

Articles about the Miniature Book Society, its members, and various happenings in the world of miniature books.

Articles about the Miniature Book Society, its members, and various happenings in the world of miniature books.

This dissertation examines ways in which women constructed and criticized matrimony both before and after their own marriages. Social historians have argued for the rise of companionacy in the eighteenth century without paying attention to women's accounts of the fears and uncertainties surrounding the prospect of marriage. I argue that having more latitude to choose a husband did not diminish the enormous impact that the choice would have on the rest of a woman's life; if anything, choice might increase that impact. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Hester Mulso Chapone, Mary Delany, and Eliza Haywood recorded their anxieties about and their criticisms of marriage in public and private writings from the early years of the century into the 1750s. They often elide their own complex backgrounds in favor of generalized policy statements on what constitutes a good marriage. These women promote an ideal of marriage based on respect and similarity of character, suggesting that friendship is more honest, and durable than romantic love. This definition of ideal marriage enables these women to argue for more egalitarian marital relationships without overtly calling for a change in the wife's traditional role. The advancement of this ideal of companionacy gave women a means of …

Fictional story of fundraising efforts by Father Murphy, who enters his new donkey in various races. The headlines cause the Archbishop much distress, which causes further headlines.

Clear glass axe or hatchet, made at the Libbey Glass Company display as a souvenir of the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition. One side of blade with relief inscription "World's Fair / 1893"; other side of blade with relief portrait of George Washington, and inscription "The Father Of His Country". Handle with relief inscription near base: "Libbey Glass Co / Toledo, Ohio."

Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1938, bound in full green leather with gilt decorations.

Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1934, bound in full light blue leather with gilt decorations.