Now located in Watertown, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston, Perkins School for the Blind is the United States’ oldest school for the blind, founded in 1829.
Trinity College London was established in 1877 originally as part of Trinity College of Music to offer external examinations in music. It slowly expanded to offer exams in other areas of the performing arts and English language learning.
A leading German asylum, the Cure and Nursing Home Illenau (1842–1940) promoted music therapy for healing over pharmaceutics. The institution had a choir and orchestra, hosted concerts, and employed a music teacher to work with the physicians.
Founded in 1822, the Royal Academy of Music is the oldest conservatory in the United Kingdom and is today one of the leading conservatories in the world, providing undergraduate and graduate training in music composition, instrumental performance, and musical theatre.
Albany Street is approximately three-quarters of a mile long and runs from Marylebone Road to Gloucester Gate along Regent’s Park. It was named for Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany and was built in the late 1820s. At 55 Albany, a blue plaque commemorates Henry Mayhew, a social researcher and reformist.
Located in Soho London, Soho Square is a garden square and was originally built in the late 1670s and named King’s Square for King Charles II, a statue of whom has stood in the square since 1681 (except from 1875–1938).
Founded in 1799 by leading scientists, the Royal Institution of Great Britain (RI) focuses on scientific research and education and supports public engagement with the sciences. Famously, Michael Faraday founded the RI Christmas Lectures.
Charlotte Riddell’s The Race for Wealth, first serialized in Once a Week and published in book form in 1866, revolves around two themes: adulteration and adultery. It is both a business novel, exploring the ambiguities of commerce and trade, and a sensational novel, pushing the boundaries of conventionality. Set in eastern London, the novel is replete with topical references to popular culture, contemporaneous urban developments, financial legislation, the history of the City of London and the adulteration debate that was raging at the time. The COVE edition of The Race for Wealth aims to orient readers in this web of allusions, and to provide a nuanced understanding of Riddell’s somewhat eccentric novelistic interests. In addition to lead editors Silvana Colella (University of Macerata) and Frederik Van Dam (Radboud University), the team includes..
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