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- ↑ "The New Coinage" . The Birmingham Post . 31 January 1893. p. 4.
- 1 2 3 Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 320–321. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ "The Shaftesbury Memorial, Piccadilly-Circus". The Times . No. 33991. London. 30 June 1893. p. 11.
- ↑ "Featherstone 'Massacre' – 7th September 1893". Wakefield Council. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
- ↑ Berry, George (1970). Discovering Schools. Tring: Shire Publications. ISBN 0-85263-091-3.
- ↑ Browne v Dunn.
- ↑ Lemon, Charles (1993). A Centenary History of the Brontë Society 1893–1993. Haworth: Brontë Society. p. 3.
- ↑ "Britains". Bethnal Green: Museum of Childhood. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- 1 2 Leavis, Q.D. (1965). Fiction and the Reading Public (2nd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus.