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Radical Spaces: Venues of Popular Politics in London, 1790-c. 1845 (2010), by Christina Parolin (multiple formats with commentary at ANU E Press)
Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1903), by John Ashton (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Leaves from the Note-Books of Lady Dorothy Nevill (London: Macmillan, 1907), by Dorothy Nevill, ed. by Ralph Nevill
- multiple formats at archive.org
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A Trip to Paradoxia, and Other Humours of the Hour: Being Contemporary Pictures of Social Fact and Political Fiction (London: Greening and Co., 1899), by T. H. S. Escott (multiple formats at archive.org)
At the Heart of the Empire: Indians and the Colonial Encounter in Late-Victorian Britain (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998), by Antoinette M. Burton (HTML at UC Press)
The Journals of Lady Knightley of Fawsley, 1856-1884 (London: J. Murray, 1915), by Louisa Knightley of Fawsley, ed. by Julia Cartwright
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In Whig Society, 1775-1818: Compiled From the Hitherto Unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, Afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London et al: Hodder and Stoughton, 1921), by Mabell Airlie, contrib. by Elizabeth Milbanke Lamb Melbourne and Emily Lamb Palmerston
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The first Lady Wharncliffe and her family (1779-1856) (W. Heinemann, ltd., 1927), by Caroline Grosvenor and Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley Stuart of Wortley (page images at HathiTrust)
The diary of Lady Frederick Cavendish (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1927), by Lucy Caroline Cavendish and John Cann Bailey (page images at HathiTrust)
Fifty years ago. (Chatto & Windus, 1888), by Walter Besant (page images at HathiTrust)
The transition from aristocracy, 1832-1867; an account of the passing of the Reform bill, the causes which led up to it, and its far-reaching consequences on the life and manners of all grades of society (G. P. Putnam's sons, 1928), by Octavius Francis Christie (page images at HathiTrust)
Threescore years: an autobiography, containing incidents of voyages and travels, including six years in a man-of-war. Details of the war between the United States and the Algerine government, bombardment of Algiers by Lord Exmouth, and its subjugation by the French. Also, two years in California, a visit to the Crimea during the bombardment and captive of Sebastopol, journey through Asia, Syria, Palestine and Egypt. (J. French and company, 1857), by Samuel F. Holbrook (page images at HathiTrust)
Fifty years ago (Harper & brothers, 1890), by Walter Besant (page images at HathiTrust)
Under five reigns (The John Lane company, 1910), by Dorothy Nevill and Ralph Nevill (page images at HathiTrust)
Social silhouettes (Smith, Elder, &Co., 1906), by George W. E. Russell (page images at HathiTrust)
The memoirs of Susan Sibbald (1783-1812) (John Lane, 1926), by Susan Mein Sibbald and Francis Paget Hett (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
English items : or, Microscopic views of England and Englishmen (D. Appleton and company, 1853), by Matt. F. Ward (page images at HathiTrust)
The world in miniature; England, Scotland, and Ireland ... Containing a description of the character, manners, customs, dress, diversions, and other peculiarities of the inhabitants of Great Britain. (R. Ackermann, 1827), by W. H. Pyne (page images at HathiTrust)
Book for a rainy day (Methuen & Co., 1905), by John Thomas Smith and Wilfred Whitten (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Gossip in the first decade of Victoria's reign (Singing Tree Press, 1968), by John Ashton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Social England under the Regency (Ward and Downey, 1890), by John Ashton (page images at HathiTrust)
The dawn of the XIXth century in England : a social sketch of the times (T.F. Unwin, 1886), by John Ashton (page images at HathiTrust)
Journal of a residence of two years and a half in Great Britain (W.H. Allen and Co., Leadenhall Street, 1841), by Nauroji Jahangir, Merwanjee Hirjeebhoy, and W.H. Allen & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
The stream of time; social and domestic life in England, 1805-1861 (C. Scribner's sons, 1932), by Mrs. C. S. Peel (page images at HathiTrust)
L'Angleterre vue à Londres et dans ses provinces : pendant un sejour de dix années, dont dix comme prisonnier de guerre (Chez Alexis Eymery ..., 1815), by René Martin Pillet and Alexis Eymery (page images at HathiTrust)
Some observations upon the civilization of the western barbarians, particularly of the English; made during a residence of some years in those parts (Pub. for the proprietor, 1876), by John B. Swasey and John Yester Smythe (page images at HathiTrust)
The interesting memoirs and amorous adventures of Harriette Wilson : one of the most celebrated women of the present day: interspersed with numerous anecdotes of illustrious persons; her first introduction into public life as the kept mistress of Lord Craven; her intrigues ...; her letters to the King. (Published by W. Chubb [etc.]; W. Mason, printer, 1800), by Harriette Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
Forty years on. (G.H. Doran, 1922), by Ernest Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
The housemaid : her duties, and how to perform them. (Houlston and Sons, 1870) (page images at HathiTrust)
Men and manners in Britain; or, A bone to gnaw for the Trollopes, Fidlers, &c. being notes from a journal, on sea and on land, in 1833-4. (Wiley & Long, 1834), by Grant Thorburn (page images at HathiTrust)
An onlookers̓ note-book (Smith, Elder, & co., 1902), by George W. E. Russell (page images at HathiTrust)
Notes from a diary, 1873-1881 (J. Murray, 1898), by Mountstuart E. Grant Duff (page images at HathiTrust)
Bygone years (J. Murray, 1905), by Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower (page images at HathiTrust)
A trip to Paradoxia and other humours of the hour : being contemporary pictures of social fact and political fiction. (Greening & Co., 1899), by T. H. S. Escott (page images at HathiTrust)
The end of a chapter (Constable, 1916), by Shane Leslie (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Memories discreet and indiscreet (Herbert Jenkins, ltd., 1917), by Stuart Menzies (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The diary of James Gallatin, secretary to Albert Gallatin (Heinemann, 1916), by James Gallatin and James Francis Gallatin (page images at HathiTrust)
The dawn of the XIXth century in England; a social sketch of the times. (T.F. Unwin, 1886), by John Ashton (page images at HathiTrust)
Days of the past : a medley of memories (E.P. Dutton and company, 1905), by Alexander Innes Shand (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Notabilities in France and England. (G. P. Putnam & co., 1853), by Philarète Chasles (page images at HathiTrust)
A book for a rainy day: or, Recollections of the events of the years 1766-1833. (R. Bentley, 1861), by John Thomas Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
L'Angleterre et les Anglais ... (Méline, Cans et Compagnie, 1837), by Edward Bulwer-Lytton and Jean Cohen (page images at HathiTrust)
The Greville memoirs. A journal of the reigns of King George IV. and King William IV. (D. Appleton & Co., 1883), by Charles Greville and Henry Reeve (page images at HathiTrust)
The follies & fashions of our grandfathers (1807). (Field & Tuer, 1886), by Andrew White Tuer (page images at HathiTrust)
Some threepenny bits (G. Richards, 1908), by George W. E. Russell (page images at HathiTrust)
A compressed view of the religious principles and practices of the age; or, A trial of the chief spirits that are in the world, by the standard of the Scriptures; attempted in eight sermons preached before the University of Oxford, in the year MDCCCXIX, at the lecture founded by the late Rev. John Bampton, M.A., Canon of Salisbury. (The University Press for the author; sold by J. Parker, 1819), by Hector Davies Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
Miscellanea critica : essays & comment on current topics : excerpts from Edinburgh foreign quarterly & quarterly reviews. (s.n., 1779) (page images at HathiTrust)
Splendid sins. A letter addressed to His Grace the Duke of Wellington. (J. Hatchard and Son, 1830), by John Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
Social England under the Regency / by (Chatto & Windus, 1899), by John Ashton (page images at HathiTrust)
Ocherki sovremennoĭ Anglīi. (Izd. red. zhurnala Russkoe bogatstvo, 1903), by Dioneo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Gossip in the first decade of Victoria's reign. (Hurst and Blackett, 1968), by John Ashton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Days of the past (E. P. Dutton and company, 1905), by Alexander Innes Shand (page images at HathiTrust)
Society sensations (E. P. Dutton & company, 1922), by Charles Kingston (page images at HathiTrust)
Fifty years ago (Harper & brothers, 1888), by Walter Besant (page images at HathiTrust)
The diary of James Gallatin, secretary to Albert Gallatin, a great peace maker (C. Scribner's sons, 1916), by James Gallatin and James Francis Gallatin (page images at HathiTrust)
The slaveholder abroad (J.B. Lippincott & co., 1860), by Ebenezer Starnes and William Tappan Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times (T. F. Unwin, 1890), by John Ashton (page images at HathiTrust)
England im Jahre 1841. (F.A. Brockhaus, 1842), by Friedrich von Raumer (page images at HathiTrust)
A great peace maker; the diary of James Gallatin, secretary to Albert Gallatin, 1813-1827 (W. Heinemann, 1914), by James Gallatin (page images at HathiTrust)
Dawn of the XIXth century in England (T. Fisher Unwin, 1900), by John Ashton (page images at HathiTrust)
Letters of the Hon. Mrs. Edward Twisleton, written to her family, 1852-1862. (J. Murray, 1928), by Ellen Dwight Twisleton and Ellen Twisleton Parkman Vaughan (page images at HathiTrust)
Weeds of witchery (Ackermann and Co., 1837), by Thomas Haynes Bayly (page images at HathiTrust)
Pictures of society, grave & gay; from the pencils of celebrated artists & the pens of popular authors. (Low, 1866) (page images at HathiTrust)
Everyday book (William Tegg, 1878), by William Hone and George Cruikshank (page images at HathiTrust)
Under five reigns (Methuen, 1911), by Dorothy Nevill (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Les anglais chez eux (M. Lévy frères, 1857), by Francis Wey (page images at HathiTrust)
Social transformations of the Victorian Age; a survey of court and country. (Folcroft Library Editions, 1973), by T. H. S. Escott (page images at HathiTrust)
Letters from an Irish student in England to his father in Ireland. (Printed by W. Lewis for C. Cradock & W. Joy, 1809) (page images at HathiTrust)
De omnibus rebus : an old man's discursive ramblings on the road of everyday life (J.C. Nimmo, 1889), by Wm. Pitt Byrne and R. Caulfield Orpen (page images at HathiTrust)
Letters of a diplomat's wife, 1883-1900. Illustrated from drawings and photographs. (Scribner's Sons, 1911), by Mary Alsop King Waddington (page images at HathiTrust)
The vermilion box (Copp, Clark, 1916), by E. V. Lucas (page images at HathiTrust)
Four years in the old world comprising the travels, incidents, and evangelistic labors of Dr. and Mrs. Palmer in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales (S. Rose, 1866), by Phoebe Palmer (page images at HathiTrust)
Social transformations of the Victorian age : a survey of court and country (C. Scribner's, 1897., 1897), by T. H. S. Escott (page images at HathiTrust)
Amenities of social life. (E. Stock, 1887), by Edward Bennett (page images at HathiTrust)
The English humourists : The four Georges (J.M. Dent & co., 1902), by William Makepeace Thackeray, C. E. Brock, and Walter Jerrold (page images at HathiTrust)
That reminds me (T.F. Unwin, 1899), by Edward Richard Russell (page images at HathiTrust)
Follies and fashions of our grandfathers (1807) (Field & Tuer [etc.];, 1886), by Andrew White Tuer, Scribner & Welford, Adams & Co Hamilton, Marshall and Co Simpkin, Leadenhall Press, and Field & Tuer (page images at HathiTrust)
De omnibus rebus; an old man's discursive ramblings on the road of everyday life. (J.C. Nimmo, 1888), by Wm. Pitt Byrne (page images at HathiTrust)
Bretland og Britarne. (Norske samlaget, 1873), by Aasmund Olavsson Vinje and Halfdan Halvorsen (page images at HathiTrust)
Gossip of the century; personal and traditional memories--social, literary, artistic, &c. (Ward and Downey, 1892), by Wm. Pitt Byrne (page images at HathiTrust)
Briefe eines verstorbenen. (Hallberger, 1836), by Hermann Pückler-Muskau (page images at HathiTrust)
In the days of the dandies (Eveleigh Nash, 1906), by Alexander Dundas Ross Wishart Cochrane-Baillie Lamington (page images at HathiTrust)
Chartism. (Alden, 1885), by Thomas Carlyle (page images at HathiTrust)
The table book of daily recreation and information; concerning remarkable men and manners, times and seasons, solemnities and merry-makings, antiquities and novelties. (W. Tegg, 1800), by William Hone (page images at HathiTrust)
Whole art of dress (Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1830), by Cavalry officer, Charles Whiting, Effingham Wilson, and Charles Ingrey (page images at HathiTrust)
Popular drawing copies (Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, La Belle Sauvage Yard, London, E.C. :, 1872), by Charles Ryan and Petter & Galpin Cassell (page images at HathiTrust)
The original (London : Grant & Co., Turnmill Street, E.C., 1874., 1874), by Thomas Walker, Blanchard Jerrold, and Grant & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
The dawn of XIX century in England : a social sketch of the times (T. Fisher Unwin, 1886), by John Ashton (page images at HathiTrust)
Englische Skizzen. (Arnold, 1845), by Ida Kohl and J. G. Kohl (page images at HathiTrust)
Anglo-American memories. (Duckworth & Co., 1911), by George W. Smalley (page images at HathiTrust)
A négy György : Kor-rajzi képek az angol udvari és városi életből (in Hungarian), by William Makepeace Thackeray, trans. by Béla Szász (Gutenberg ebook)
Leaves from the Note-Books of Lady Dorothy Nevill, by Dorothy Nevill, ed. by Ralph Nevill (Gutenberg ebook)
Fifty Years Ago, by Walter Besant (Gutenberg ebook)
A Book for a Rainy Day; or, Recollections of the Events of the Years 1766-1833, by John Thomas Smith, ed. by Wilfred Whitten (Gutenberg ebook)
Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829.: with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distiguished public characters. In a series of letters by a German Prince., by Hermann Pückler-Muskau (Gutenberg ebook)
Social Transformations of the Victorian Age: A Survey of Court and Country, by T. H. S. Escott (Gutenberg ebook)
Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges, by William Makepeace Thackeray, ed. by George Saintsbury (Gutenberg ebook)

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