[1] Lady Audley’s Secret is a sensation novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon published in 1862.
[2] Tartarin on the Alps, a book by Alphonse Daudet. First published in 1885.
[3] The Old Curiosity Shop is one of two novels (the other being Barnaby Rudge) which Charles Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial Master Humphrey’s Clock, from 1840 to 1841.
[4] The History of Henry Esmond is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, originally published in 1852.
[5] The Grand Duke; or, The Statutory Duel, is the final Savoy Opera written by librettist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan, their fourteenth and last opera together. It premiered in London in 1896.
[6] Mont Dore Hotel (later the Town Hall), Bourne Avenue (Sanitorium Road), Bournemouth, Dorset.
[7] Adeline Vaudrey played Julia Jellico (an English Comedienne) – principal soprano with D’Oyly Carte Opera Company “E.” She toured with Company “E”.
[8] Walter Summers – baritone – played Ludwig (Leading Comedian) – D’Oyly Cartes “E” Company.
[9] Calf lymph – smallpox vaccine.
[10] The London Society for Promoting Christianity mounted a travelling ‘Palestine Exhibition’ which toured the country before reaching the South West in 1896.
[11] The Armourer’s Prentices, by Charlotte M. Yonge.
The Diaries of my Great-Great-Aunt Kate 