Men, places, and things.
Publisher: S.C. Griggs & Co.
Published: 1887
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
Table of contents: title: Character of Napoleon I. William Wirt. Bulwer. Alexander Dumas. The weaknesses of great men. The greatness of London. The London pulpit: Archdeacon Farrar, Canon Liddon, Joseph Parker, D.D., Rev. Stopford A. Brooke, M.A. The House of commons. The queen of watering-places. Diaries. The advantages of ugliness. Worry. Courage. Oysters. Cynics and cynicism. The extremes of dress. The tricks of types. Causes of divorce. Illusions about the past. Immoral novels. What shall we read? Literary quotation. The value of fame. The philosophy of handwriting. Index.