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... origins return to him in his coffin surrounded by his people. I recall country funerals in my younger years that included many Victorian-era elderly. Farmers removing their hats to reveal snow-white skin from the eyebrows back. Overalls with a white shirt ...

... that wallpaper goes or I do" a statement so Wildean it's almost parody. Henrik Ibsen spent his career scandalizing the Victorians. On his deathbed, when his nurse remarked that he was looking better, Ibsen replied, "On the contrary," and then died ...

From the saltboxes that dot the northeastern shoreline to California's ornate Victorians, wood shakes and shingles are part of America's past. Whether the traditional square butt or the multipatterned fancy-cut ...

... one. It was developed in the 1830s, primarily as a means of studying aquatic life at close range. As the idea caught on, Victorians began creating decorative fishbowls _ spherical orbs and drums that were as alluring as the colorful fish they housed. Today ...

... couple were married, the townspeople "showered'' them with gifts that enabled them to set up a home together. Later, the Victorians reinforced the shower idea by placing small gifts in an umbrella and opening it over the head of the bride-to-be. A wedding ...

... are pests in other parts of the South and West. Blame the Victorians. They considered the fluffy white or pink flower plumes of ... Cortaderia jubata throughout the warmer regions. Every Victorian gardener planted their own supply of the grass, and old specimens ...

... nearly every parlor -- garlanding walls, winding around windows and draping picture frames, sofas, even fire screens. The Victorians loved it because it was tenacious; it would thrive even in low light. They revered it for its symbolic connection with marriage ...

... a wide range of subjects including street scenes of London, Paris, Rome, Istanbul and Nagasaki; portraits of prominent Victorians like Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Eugene Delacroix and Paul Gaugin; and historical architectural landmarks like the Egyptian ...

... grow. There are several reasons for the decline of the poor sweet pea. First, there's that name. It didn't bother the Victorians, who loved sweet peas more than any generation since. But today, "pea" means a starchy vegetable that many people don ...