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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

questionableadvice: ~ Hand-Book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness, by Arthur Martine, 1866 Simply say, “There, there, my Dear, don’t trouble your pretty little head about such matters”.

questionableadvice:

~ Hand-Book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness, by Arthur Martine, 1866

Simply say, “There, there, my Dear, don’t trouble your pretty little head about such matters”.

hmsvictory: questionableadvice: ~ Hand-Book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness, by Arthur Martine, 1866 I want to print this and hand it out to people at my university.

hmsvictory:

questionableadvice:

~ Hand-Book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness, by Arthur Martine, 1866


I want to print this and hand it out to people at my university.

questionableadvice: ~ Hand-Book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness, by Arthur Martine, 1866

questionableadvice:

~ Hand-Book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness, by Arthur Martine, 1866

the-garden-of-delights: “The Hesitant Betrothed” (1866) by Auguste Toulmouche (1829-1910).

the-garden-of-delights:

“The Hesitant Betrothed” (1866) by Auguste Toulmouche (1829-1910).

questionableadvice: ~ Hand-Book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness, by Arthur Martine, 1866 “It is a folly to sit by the fire in a slovenly state, consoling oneself with the remark, ‘Nobody will call to-day”“. Sound advice even today.

questionableadvice:

~ Hand-Book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness, by Arthur Martine, 1866

“It is a folly to sit by the fire in a slovenly state, consoling oneself with the remark, ‘Nobody will call to-day”“. Sound advice even today.

treselegant: ‘The duel between George and Felix Darrell.’ Bow Bells, 1866. 

treselegant:

‘The duel between George and Felix Darrell.’

Bow Bells, 1866. 

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questionableadvice: ~ Hand-Book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness, by Arthur Martine, 1866

questionableadvice:

~ Hand-Book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness, by Arthur Martine, 1866

questionableadvice: ~ Martine’s Hand-Book of Etiquette and Guide to True Politeness, by Arthur Martine, 1866

questionableadvice:

~ Martine’s Hand-Book of Etiquette and Guide to True Politeness, by Arthur Martine, 1866

Ernst Haeckel and his assistant Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, photographed in the Canary Islands in 1866. (HT Wikipedia)

Ernst Haeckel and his assistant Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, photographed in the Canary Islands in 1866. (HT Wikipedia)

treselegant: ‘The Professor astonishes the broker.’ Bow Bells, 1866. 

treselegant:

‘The Professor astonishes the broker.’

Bow Bells, 1866.