1863 (Victorian)

Thought I would continue with this early list and see how new Touchstones work.

London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew (140 copies, 2 reviews)

Salem Chapel by Margaret Oliphant (67 copies)

Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell (206 copies, 3 reviews

Romola by George Eliot (527 copies, 6 reviews)

Caxtoniana by Edward lyttonedwardbulwer::Bulwer Lytton (3 copies)

Cardinal Pole by William Harrison Ainsworth (4 copies)

Title Touchsontes worked pretty well, but authors are still wonky.

I haven't read any of those books, but I recognize four of the authors, own books by two of them, and have read works by one of them. There is some staying power in these folk. I wonder if readers then were more discerning than the readers in my lifetime.

Robert

Oh dear - I haven't read a single one of these.