Quinlan, Maurice J. <br/><br/>
Victorian prelude :  a history of English manners, 1700-1830 / 
by Maurice J. Quinlan. 
 - New York :  Columbia University Press,  1941. 
 - 301 pages ;  23 cm. 
 - Columbia University studies in English and comparative literature  155 .
 - Columbia University studies in English and comparative literature  155 .
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/>Cont.: Hardy recusants -- A decade of innovations, 1780-1790 -- Reform or ruin -- Toward a new opinion -- The societies -- The model female -- The improvement of the masses -- Changing taste and temperament -- Censors and reformers -- Censors and expurgators -- Victorianism. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century<br/>Great Britain--History--1837-1901