We can't seem to read enough about events around Jane Austen's time. From fashion to tea to Wedgewood to politics and war, there is a lot of information about the way people lived in 18th c England in this book, accompanied by fascinating color and bw illustrations. Includes the age of Anne and the age of Johnson. Trevelyan was a master historian from a historian family - his great uncle was Lord Macaulay. Attractive book, red cloth with gilt title, colorful jacket but jacket is torn and a little abused. Hb, Dj. Longmans, Green and Co. 1951. USED. $5.00