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During last week's reading group discussion on "Travel in the Novels," there were several resources shown and referred to, including the following:

  • A Treatise on Carriages:  Comprehending Coaches, Chariots, Phaetons, Curricles, Whiskeys, & C. by William Felton, Coachmaker. This comprehensive volume -- complete with prices! -- was originally printed in 1794, and it is available to read full-text online, at http://archive.org/details/atreatiseoncarr00feltgoog

  • "Transports of Delight: How Jane Austen's Characters Got Around" by Ed Ratcliffe. This paper was published in the 2012 online edition of The Inkwell, which is the literary journal of the JASNA-Northern California region. The paper can be read online in its entirety, at http://www.jasnanorcal.org/ink9.htm 


 
 
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Thanks to Janet Rohrbaugh, our Regional Secretary, for forwarding on the news about a new online Regency magazine called The Belletrist. The following comes direct from the magazine's Editori-in-Chief, Sarah Bernsdorff:

The Regency Society of America, a non-profit group dedicated to all aspects of the Regency, has come together to create The Belletrist Magazine.

The Belletrist, volunteer made, will be available for free on Issuu.com, quarterly. Articles covering history, decorum, and fashion, as well as activities for kids, will be open to any who wish to view it.

Though The Belletrist has been put together by the Regency Society of America, we welcome readers and volunteers no matter their organization, and would like to give to you the opportunity to subscribe to the magazine before our maiden publication March 2nd.

There are two ways to subscribe:
  1. “Like” our Facebook page. By liking our page, not only will you get the link to the magazine as soon as it is available, but you will also get updates leading up to our publication and a list of merchants from across the continent that we have “Liked”.
  2. Send an e-mail, subject line Subscribe, to our e-mail address thebelletristmagazine@yahoo.com. When the magazine is made available we will send you a link. Your e-mail will remain private and we will send no spam. Unsubscribing is easy and can be done at any time.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the magazine.