Pentonville Prison

During the Victorian Era, British engineer Sir William Cubitt designed the “treadmill” to implement into prisons. The device was constructed of wooden steps around a cylindrical frame; the punishment could handle up to forty convicts at one time. The treadmill would rotate causing the convicts to step along a series of planks. Occasionally the power from these devices would be used to grind corn or pump water; however, sometimes the treadmill was strictly used for no purpose other than punishment.

Project 1: Barbauld and the Gothic

For our project, we analyzed Barbauld's "On the Plasure Derived from Objects of Terror" and the Gothic poem "Sonnet on Being Cautioned against Walking on a Headland." To begin, we created a timeline post for the year that Barbauld published her essay. Included with the year that Barbauld published her essay, was a brief discussion on the essay and Barbauld's reasons for arguing for the pleasure we feel from hearing and reading terrifying stories.

Brewer Street

Brewer Street is a street in the Soho area of the City of Westminster (London, England). It runs from Glasshouse Street in the west to Wardour Street in the east.

In London Labour: 

Of the Life of a Street-Seller of Dog-Collars. (1)

 No. 6, Answers to Correspondents  

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