Hot off the presses is the July/August 2010 (No 46) edition of Jane Austen’s Regency World, the official magazine of the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England and the ultimate Austen reading indulgence. The highlight for me will be Maggie Sullivan’s article on Austen or Bronte. (the ultimate literary throwdown, right?) Here are the featured articles:
The Bath Bugabo, or little green man (cover story):
Cathryn Spence, from the American Museum in Bath, writes about G. Bond an eccentric man who was ejected from balls in both Bath and Brighton for allegedly staring at ladies.
Austen or Bronte?:
Maggie Sullivan, editrix of AustenBlog.com, discusses media suggestions that ‘Bronte is the new Austen’
Where there’s a Will:
A look at the final wishes of some of Jane Austen’s family
Only a Grandmother:
Maggie Lane talks about Jane’s treatment of grandparents in her writing
Queen Adelaide:
She gave her name to an Australian city, but what do we know about the wife of King William IV?
Smuggling ways:
A dangerous occupation, but a thriving trade in Georgian times
Pride & Progress:
Reading Jane Austen’s books on an e-reader
Book Reviews:
Regency Cheshire by Sue Wilkes; Murder at Longbourn by Tracy Kiely; Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen by Sarah Jane Downing
Plus:
My Jane Austen featuring the pianist Keith Snell, news from JAS and JASNA, News and Letters
Visit Jane Austen’s Regency World at their stand during:
– Jane Austen Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, on July 10 and 11
– JASNA’s annual general meeting in Portland, Oregon, on October 29 and 30
Jane Austen’s Regency World is published this week and is available by subscription from www.janeaustenmagazine.co.uk
Austenprose 
Gee. Hope I don’t disappoint. :-)
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Anxiously watiting mine to arrive in the mail.
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