Author |
Russell, George William Erskine, 1853-1919 |
Title |
Seeing and Hearing
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Contents |
The coronation -- Secret societies -- The Irish peerage -- Omitted silhouettes -- Doctors and doctoring -- Mourning -- Wills -- Pensions -- The Season as it was -- The Season as it is -- The Sins of Society -- Oxford -- Schools for Shepherds -- Pilgrimages -- The Public Schools -- Schools and Boarding-Houses -- Squares -- Sunday in London -- A suburban Sunday -- Wine and water -- Dinner -- Dinners -- Luncheon -- Tea -- Supper -- Inns and hotels -- Travel -- Accomplishments -- Cider -- The Garter -- Sheriffs -- Publishers -- Handwriting -- Autographs -- More autographs -- Christmas -- New Year's Day -- Pets -- Purple and fine linen -- Prelacy and palaces -- Horrors -- Social changes -- Social graces -- Publicity v. reticence -- Town v. country -- Home -- Hospitality -- Ostentation -- Principle and prejudice -- Culture -- Religion -- Superstition -- The remnant.
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Credits |
Produced by Giovanni Fini, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
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Language |
English |
LoC Class |
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
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Subject |
English essays
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Subject |
Great Britain -- Social life and customs
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Category |
Text |
EBook-No. |
46821 |
Release Date |
Sep 9, 2014 |
Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
Downloads |
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