Victorian Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles

 By George Burgess (1829-1905)

My great-great grandfather (George Burgess) kept an extensive scrapbook of 19th century newspaper clippings from America between 1845 & 1847, including articles from the American woman journalist, Fanny Fern (1811-1872), and newspaper articles from British newspapers between 1857 and 1901 on topics of interest to him, including topics on:-

• Family

• Health

• Education

• History

• Humour (Humor)

• Nature

• Poetry

• Politics

• Religion

• Science

• Temperance  

• Victorian Culture

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