July 1995 Issue [Reviews] Modern Victorians Adjust Share Dressing politics in the costume of history by Marilynne Robinson, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 19th century Book reviews Gertrude Himmelfarb Great Britain History Moral conditions Poor Poor laws Social conditions Victoria, 1837-1901 More from Marilynne Robinson One Manner of Law The religious origins of American liberalism Is Poverty Necessary? An idea that won’t go away Iowa City, Iowa Like the country as a whole, Iowa has a Republican chief executive and a Republican-controlled legislature that creates problems where they need not exist, problems that look like the effects… Adjust Share