Books were often created in the 19th Century to punish executed prisoners ... Heritage assistant Abbie Smith got to hold the books on her first day in the job and said they felt "like a real ...

was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century after the Bible. Published in book form on March 20, 1852, the novel sold 3,000 copies on that day ...

By the end of the 19th century almost ... celebration in more than a century. According to the Toronto Star, the city’s paper of record: “It was a grand day for the Irish and a proud one ...