May 18th is International Museum Day. :)  To celebrate, I hope you'll enjoy sharing these short videos with your friends.

This day in history: Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820.

May 7th, 2023 is National Bike Day

April 23, 2023 is World Book Day!  Please enjoy sharing these videos to celebrate.  Happy reading!

A free copy of wheels and whims can be found here:
Wheels and Whims by Florine Thayer McCray

And if that whets your appetite, you might enjoy these links to yet more Victorian cycling literature:

Novels:
A Bicycle of Cathay, by Frank Richard Stockton

The Wheels of Chance by H.G. Wells

Duffersville

Non-fiction

Lady Cycling: What to Wear & How to Ride by Miss F.J. Erskine

A Canterbury Pilgrimage by Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell


Over the Alps On a Bicycle by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

Fancy Cycling  by Isabel Marks


Across Asia on a Bicycle by Thomas Gaskell Allen

Around the World On A Bicycle by Thomas Stevens
Librivox (free audiobook) version, volume I
Librivox (free audiobook) version, volume II

A Bicycle Tour in England and Wales by Alfred Dupont Chandler

Cycling by Lord Bury

An American Cycling Odyssey, 1887 by Kevin J. Hayes

Articles, poetry and short stories
A Burglar, A Bicycle, and A Storm (Fiction—1896)

A Cycle of the Seasons: A Bicycle Romance in Four Meets (Fiction—1883)   

A Cycle Show in Little (1896)

A Song of the Wheel (Poem—1883)

A Header (?) (Poem—1883)

A Midwinter-Night's Dream (1883)

A Modern Love Sung in Ancient Fashion (Poem—1884)

Bicycle Riding In The United States (1881)

Bicycler's Song (1882)

Bicycling and Tricycling (1884)

Bikes on Trains (1883)

Cycling's Value As An Exercise (1879)

Cycling for Women (1888)   

Is Bicycling Harmful? (1896)

An Early Morning Ride (Poem—1883)

The Evolution of a Sport (1896)

Foreign [Bicycling News] (1884)

My Wheel (Poem —1883)

'Neath the Magnolias (Poem—1883)

On Wings of Love (Poem—1884)

Snakes in his Wheel (1895)

Wheelman's Song (Poem—1883)

The Wheelman's Joy (Poem—1883)

The Work of Wheelmen for Better Roads (1896)   

Woman's Cycle (1896)

—And of course, don't forget Sarah's Tales of Chetzemoka!
In a seaport town in the late 19th-century Pacific Northwest, a group of friends find themselves drawn together —by chance, by love, and by the marvelous changes their world is undergoing.  In the process, they learn that the family we choose can be just as important as the ones we're born into.  Join their adventures in

The Tales of Chetzemoka

March 21, 2023 is World Poetry Day

Love's Messenger: A Choice Collection of Victorian Love Poetry

A Bouquet of Victorian Roses: 19th-Century Remarks, Poetry and Short Stories about the Queen of Flowers

The Wheelman's Joy: Victorian Cycling Poetry and Words About Wheels