Quoted Mentions of Italy from Romance of a Shop:

1. “My dear Gerty,- This is to tell you that I am not coming home to-night- am not coming home again at all, in fact. I am going to marry Mr. Darrell, who will take me to Italy, where the weather is decent, and where I shall get well. For you know, I am horribly seedy, Gerty, and very dull” (Ch XVIII). 

Paris is the capital and most popular city in France. It is the global center for art, fashion, gastronomy and culture. In the late 19th century, Paris experienced political instability and division of the intellectual community, whereas the art scene thrived. Amy Levy mentions Paris, France in her novel Romance of a Shop (1888) when Mr. Darrell points out that he will be going off to Paris for business.

The Royal Institution, located in the City of Westminster, is a center for scientific research and education. It recieved its royal charter from King George III in 1800. That same year the first lecture was given by Dr. Thomas Garnett. It was founded by leading scientists of the day including Henry Cavendish to share scientific knowledge and  encourage scientific discovery. The Institution was initially funded by the Society for Bettering the Conditions and Improving the Comforts of the Poor.

India is an Asian subcontinent that was under British colonial rule from 1858 to 1947. At the beginning of Romance of a Shop, when Mr. Lorimer has just died, two of the Lorimer sisters have the opportunity to go to India since they do not currently have the funds to continue living on their own. During the late 19th century, it became increasingly popular for British women to go to India and marry British officials, as amiable contact between British and Indian people became rarer over time.

"I tried to make Fred come with me to-day," Constance was saying; "but he is dining with some kindred spirits at the Café Royal, and then going on to the Gaiety. He said there would be no time." ch. 22

Eastbourne is where Constance goes after it is announced that Lucy was to marry Frank. Phyllis also took a trip to Eastbourne to visit the Devonshires' Place. Eastbourne is a well-off, resort town in England. It has large, sea-side cliffs. It was founded on the basis of a railroad. The town's development was founded based off of the Duke of Devonshire.

Alternative name for Paddington Underground Station (as opposed to the regular train station). Some of the characters in Amy Levy's The Romance of a Shop (1888) use the underground.

"The sisters embraced long and silently, and in a few minutes Lucy was steaming westward in a third-class carriage, and Gertrude was making her way through the fog to Praed Street station." (chapter 18)

In The Romance of a Shop, Phyllis and Sidney Darrel planned to leave together on a train to Italy via the Charing Cross station.

This was where Darrel discovered that Phyllis was ill, collapsing in a"fit of coughing" (Levy, Chapter 20), and he took her to St. John's Wood.