tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458031571764013912.post7161764339923358796..comments2024-03-27T03:22:46.572-07:00Comments on The Cat's Meat Shop: How to Keep Pet SquirrelsLee Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09812128348822569086noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458031571764013912.post-12831319792103112192010-09-27T09:39:31.526-07:002010-09-27T09:39:31.526-07:00Thanks for the advice the other day Lee - twitter ...Thanks for the advice the other day Lee - twitter is done! http://twitter.com/Amateur_Casual<br /><br /><br />All the bestThe Amateur Casualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15553683833137054780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458031571764013912.post-55893971873777160582010-09-27T04:56:34.215-07:002010-09-27T04:56:34.215-07:00It's probably also fair to note that the clash...It's probably also fair to note that the clash between very formal prose construction and the subject matter might not be unintentional. All the material in the magazine is written this way, but I think the Victorians were not humourless, and it's not impossible the author was rather enjoying himself with this (dare I say, not necessarily factual) embellishment.Lee Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09812128348822569086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458031571764013912.post-30983979447389778412010-09-27T04:54:30.650-07:002010-09-27T04:54:30.650-07:00The Leisure Hour was, essentially, a popular magaz...The Leisure Hour was, essentially, a popular magazine for a middle-class family to read (or, perhaps, working class aspiring to better themselves). I quote "This marked shift away from the drearier and heavily didactic religious magazines for children was also illustrated by the Leisure Hour, a hugely successful twopence family weekly first appearing in 1852. The Leisure Hour was also published by the RTS and illustrates the more general move in the 1840s by religious as well as secular publishers towards cheap literature containing secular material written with a Christian tone. The RTS achieved this in the Leisure Hour with the kind of variety copied by the dedicated children's magazines of the 1850s and 1860s: the journal contained only a smattering of religious material and promulgated its moral mission through fictional stories and biographies of the virtuous and wise, essays on wholesome recreations, and poetry, puzzles and illustrations. Indeed, the Leisure Hour reflected and helped define the broader literary genres that from the 1850s were considered appropriate for achieving a serial with a moral tone." (source http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/sciper/browse/BP_desc.html) ... it was rather religious in tone, which led to a good deal of moralising and pomposity, typical of the literature of the period. But it also included many pieces on London life and topography, and one suspects that writers often padded out their material - stories on one's pet squirrels included.Lee Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09812128348822569086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458031571764013912.post-3200957805329426282010-09-27T03:47:55.704-07:002010-09-27T03:47:55.704-07:00These articles are so unwittingly hysterical. Can ...These articles are so unwittingly hysterical. Can you tell me a bit more about them? They are written so well. I love the Victorian writing style. If employed in the 21st century it is immediatly humorous almost regardless of the subject..Suzie Groganhttp://www.nowrigglingooutofwriting.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com