Temples of Luxury: Volume II: Department Stores

ISBN-13: 9780367425883 / Angielski

Lise Sanders; Susanne Schmid

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This volume explores institutions such as department stores, other shopping venues like drapers, as well as specialist stores that sell "luxury items". The violume also includes material on the Crystal Palace and other big "colonial" exhibitions, shopping arcades, bazaars, and planned shopping venues that did not materialise.

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Temples of Luxury

Volume II: Department Stores

Acknowledgements

Introduction – volume II

1. Two Texts from Rudolph Ackermann (ed.), Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics, 2 vols (London: Ackermann, 1809).

1.1 ‘Harding, Howell, & Co.’s Grand Fashionable Magazine, No. 89, Pall Mall’, Repository 1:3 (March 1809), p. 187.

1.2 ‘Messrs. Morgan and Sanders’s Ware-Room, Catherine-Street, Strand’, Repository 2:8 (August 1809), pp. 122-3.

2. Joseph Nightingale, The Bazaar, its Origins, Nature, and Objects Explained (London: Davies, 1816), pp. 7-21.

3. Pierce Egan, Walks Through Bath: Describing Every Thing Worthy of Interest … Including Walcot and Widcombe, and the Surrounding Vicinity … Also an Excursion to Clifton and Bristol Hot-Wells (Bath: Meyler and Son, 1819), pp. 67-9.

4. [Anon.], A Visit to the Bazaar, 3rd ed (London: Harris, 1820), pp. 24-33, 37-41.

5. ‘The Lowther Arcade’, Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, 19:541 (7 April 1832), p. 210.

6. ‘London Shops’, Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal 123 (7 June 1834), pp. 148-9.

7. J. A. P., ‘A Short Account of St. John’s Market’, Architectural Magazine and Journal 2:13 (1835), p. 129-34.

8. N[athaniel] Whittock, On the Construction and Decoration of the Shop Fronts of London. Illustrated With Eighteen Coloured Representations, Exhibiting the Varied Styles of the Present Period, for the Use of Builders, Carpenters, Shopkeepers, &c. (London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1840), pp. 1-5, 7, 9.

9. ‘The Lady Shopping’, London Saturday Journal 34 (21 August 1841), p. 86.

10. ‘Shops of London’, Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction 38:1081 (16 October 1841), pp. 249-50.

11. F. O. Ward, ‘The Belle of the Burlington Arcade’, Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany 3:4 (April 1845), pp. 404-15 (excerpt: pp. 404-8).

12. Selection of Articles from Punch, or The London Charivari

12.1 ‘Important to Shopkeepers’, Punch, or the London Charivari 6 (1844): p. 240.

12.2 ‘Dramatic Shopmen’, Punch, or the London Charivari 8 (1845): p. 131.

12.3 ‘Geography for Young Ladies’, Punch, or the London Charivari 10 (1846): p. 178.

12.4 ‘The Shops at Christmas’, Punch, or the London Charivari 17 (1849): p. 250.

13. Texts on the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace

13.1 ‘History of the Great Exhibition’, in The Art-Journal Illustrated Catalogue (London: George Virtue, 1851), p. xi.

13.2 ‘A Glance at the Exhibition’,　Chambers’ Edinburgh Journal　387 (31 May 1851), pp. 337-40.

13.3 Excerpts from Charlotte Brontë’s Letters on the Great Exhibition (letters 512-4), in Clement Shorter (ed.) The Brontës: Life and Letters (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1908), pp. 213-6.

14. [George Augustus Sala], ‘Arcadia’, Household Words 7:169 (18 June 1853), pp. 376-82 (excerpt pp. 378-82).

15. ‘Mr. Gye’s Plan for a Glass Street’, The Builder 13 (15 December 1855), pp. 603-4.

16. Charles Manby Smith, ‘London Shops, Old and New’, in The Little World of London: or, Pictures in Little of London Life (London: Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co., 1857), pp. 324-30.

17. ‘Shawls, and Where They Come From’, Sharpe’s London Magazine 28 (July 1858), pp. 75-8.

18. ‘Westbourne Grove, Paddington’, Building News 6 (27 July 1860), pp. 593-4.

19. Texts from Punch on the International Exhibition

19.1 ‘Exhibitors and Their Advertisements’, Punch, or the London Charivari 42 (May 17, 1862), p. 196.

19.2 ‘Shopping at the World’s Show’, Punch, or the London Charivari 43 (August 9, 1862), p. 60.

20. ‘The Royal Polytechnic, Glasgow, the Grand Centre of Attraction During the Holidays’, Paisley Herald and Renfrewshire Advertiser (2 January 1864), p. 8.

21. Texts from Leisure Hour

21.1 ‘Shopping Without Money’, Leisure Hour 14:686 (18 February 1865), pp. 110-12.

21.2 ‘Going a Shopping’, Leisure Hour 15:744 (31 March 1866), pp. 198-200.

22. Anthony Trollope, The Struggles of Brown, Jones and Robinson by One of the Firm (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1870), pp. 31-6, 139-50.

23. ‘Lunch with the Linendrapers’, Graphic (3 August 1872), p. 98.

24. ‘Vidi’, ‘The Arrangement of Departments’, The Warehousemen and Drapers’ Trade Journal (4 July 1874), pp. 307-8.

25. Texts about Co-operative Stores

25.1 ‘The Shopkeepers and the Co-operative Stores’, Pall Mall Gazette (2 July 1874), p. 5.

25.2 Mrs Wigley, ‘Domestic Puzzles: Where Shall I Buy – Shops or Stores?’ Leisure Hour (24 May 1879), pp. 331-334 (excerpt: pp. 332-4).

26. [Eliza Lynn Linton], ‘The Philosophy of Shopping’, Saturday Review (16 October 1875), pp. 488-9.

27. [William H. Ablett], Reminiscences of an Old Draper (Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1876), pp. 19-23, 53-55, 66-74.

28. Articles from the Warehousemen and Drapers’ Trade Journal

28.1 ‘Girls Behind the Counter’, Warehousemen and Drapers’ Trade Journal (22 January 1876), p. 32.

28.2 ‘Small and Large Shops’, Warehousemen and Drapers’ Trade Journal (22 July 1876), pp. 333-4.

28.3 ‘Kleptomania’, Warehousemen and Drapers’ Trade Journal　(16 December 1876), p. 585.

29. Edward W. Godwin, ‘Afternoon Strolls I: A Japanese Warehouse’, The Architect (23 December 1876), p. 363.

30. ‘Girl Labour in London’, Globe and Traveller (19 January 1877), pp. 1-2.

31. Texts from the City Jackdaw (Manchester)

31.1 ‘Manchester Warehousemen and Clerks’ Schools’, City Jackdaw 3:120 (1 March 1878), p. 127.

31.2 ‘In the Show-Room’, City Jackdaw 4:164 (3 January 1879), p. 59.

32. ‘Leviathan Shops and Stores’, St. James’s Magazine 40 (May 1881), pp. 388-96.

33 Texts from Building News

33.1 J. G. Libra, ‘Shop Fronts’, Building News 40 (24 June 1881), pp. 731-4.

33.2 J. G. Libra, ‘Shop-Windows’. Building News 41 (4 November 1881), p. 585.

34. Émile Zola, ‘The Ladies Paradise: Chapter X’, London Journal 77 (24 March 1883), pp. 181-4 (excerpt: pp. 181-2).

35. A Guide to Window-Dressing: Reprinted from The Warehousemen and Drapers’ Trade Journal. Illustrated (London: Office of the ‘Warehousemen and Drapers’ Trade Journal’, 1883), pp. 39-42.

36. Thomas Sutherst, Death and Disease Behind the Counter (London: Kegan Paul, 1884), pp. 1-2, 3-6, 15-16, 278.

37. ‘The Riot in the West-End’, Pall Mall Gazette (9 February 1886), p. 8.

38. The Manchester Jubilee Exhibition of 1887

38.1 ‘The Manchester Jubilee Exhibition. – II. Furniture and Decoration’, British Architect 27:19 (13 May 1887), pp. 362-72.

38.2. ‘The Manchester Jubilee Exhibition. – III. Furniture and Decoration’, British Architect 27:20 (20 May 1887), pp. 380-9.

39. William Morris, ‘A Little Shopping’, in News from Nowhere: or, Being an Epoch of Rest, Being Some Chapters from a Utopian Romance (Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892), pp. 46-56.

40. George Gissing, The Odd Women (New York and London: Macmillan and Co., 1893), pp. 32-3, 44-6, 63-4.

41. C. R. Fender, ‘A Few Facts About the Living-In-System’, Economic Review 4:2 (14 April 1894), pp. 246-53.

42. The Musical Comedy The Shop Girl (1894-96)

42.1. H. J. W. Dam, ‘The Royal Stores’, The Shopgirl: Musical Farce, Words by H. J. W. Dam, Music by Ivan Caryll. Additional Numbers by Adrian Ross & Lionel Monckton (London: Hopwood & Crew, n. d.), pp. 1-12.

42.2. ‘"The Shop Girl", at the Gaiety Theatre’, The Sketch (28 November 1894), p. 215.

43. M. Jeune [Lady Jeune], ‘The Ethics of Shopping’, Fortnightly Review 57 (January 1895), pp. 123-32.

44. The Parisian Diamond Company, New Premises at 143 Regent Street, Opposite Liberty’s [Advertisement], Illustrated London News (7 August 1897), n. p.

45. Texts by Margaret Bondfield

45.1 Margaret G. Bondfield, ‘Conditions Under Which Shop Assistants Work’, Economic Journal 9:34 (June 1899), pp. 277-86.

45.2 Margaret G. Bondfield, ‘Christmas Shop Slaves’, Deadly Parallel 3 (December 1907): p. 7.

46. R. Neish, ‘A Woman’s Shopping’, Pall Mall Magazine 24 (July 1901), pp. 311-20.

47. Lady Phyllis, ‘A Woman’s Note-Book: How Shopping Affects Woman – and Man’, The Bystander (12 July 1905), p. x.

48. H. V. Lanchester, ‘The Design and Architectural Treatment of the Shop’, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts 61:3153 (25 April 1913), pp. 577-89.

49. Texts about Bainbridge, Newcastle

49.1 [Advertisement for the ‘French Room’], Newcastle Courant (24 April 1846), p. 1.

49.2 ‘The Great Northern Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations’, Durham Chronicle (27 June 1851), p. 1.

49.3 ‘The Early Closing Association: Gathering of Employes of Albert House’, Newcastle Guardian (2 November 1867), p. 6 (excerpt).

49.4 Memoir of Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge of Newcastle-on-Tyne, ed. Thomas Darlington (Edinburgh: R. & R. Clark, 1893), pp. 10-18, 30-44.

50. Texts about the Albion Bazaar, Manchester

50.1 ‘New Bazaar’, Manchester Times and Gazette (12 March 1831), p. 504.

50.2 ‘Joseph Joyce’, Manchester Times and Gazette (9 April 1831), p. 529.

50.3 ‘Manchester Floral and Horticultural Society’, Manchester Times and Gazette (21 May 1831), p. 577.

50.4 ‘Manchester Floral and Horticultural Society’, Horticultural Register and General Magazine 1 (1831), pp. 94-5.

50.5 The Courier (18 June 1831), p. 1.

50.6 ‘John, Samuel, and James Watts’, Manchester Times and Gazette (14 April 1832), [p. 2].

51. Texts about Whiteley’s ‘Universal Provider’, London

51.1 ‘Mr. Whiteley’s Establishment in Westbourne-Grove, Paddington’, Linguist, and Educational Review 2:6 (December 1875), pp. 123-4.

51.2 ‘Topics of the Day by the Heroes of the Hour. No. X.– My Success in Life. By Mr. W. Whiteley’, Pall Mall Gazette (28 April 1884), pp. 11-2.

51.3 ‘Why is Whiteley’s so Often Burned Down?’ Pall Mall Gazette (10 August 1887), p. 3.

52. Texts about Harrod’s, London

52.1 Advertisement, Illustrated London News (19 June 1897).

52.2 ‘How, When, and Where to Shop: A Day at Harrod’s, Limited’, The Sketch (25 June 1902), p. 394.

52.3 Opening stage description, and two songs: ‘Act I—Opening Chorus’ and ‘Finale—Act I’, Our Miss Gibbs, 25 January 1909 (3); LCP No. 269. Produced by George Edwardes, Gaiety Theatre, London. Published as Our Miss Gibbs: A Musical Comedy in Two Acts, by ‘Cryptos’, lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenback, music by Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton (London: Chappell and Co., Ltd., [1909]).

53. Texts about Selfridge’s, London

53.1 ‘The Opening of Selfridge’s’, Times (16 March 1909), p. 13.

53.2 ‘Some Departments for Men at Selfridges’, Times (27 March 1909), p. 4.

54. ‘Citizens, Awake!’ Votes for Women 5:209 (8 March 1912), pp. 352-4 (excerpt: pp. 352-3).

Index

O autorze

Lise Sanders is Professor of English literature and cultural studies at Hampshire College, MA, USA 

Dr Susanne Schmid has taught at the universities FU Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Princeton, Paderborn, Salford and Regensburg