Glasgow Men and Women

About this eBook

Author

Boyd, A. S. (Alexander Stuart), 1854-1930

Title

Glasgow men and women, their children, and some strangers within their gates

Original Publication

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1905.

Credits

Mairi, Ray Papworth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Glasgow (Scotland) -- History -- Pictorial works

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 78272

Release Date

March 22, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.GLASGOW MEN AND WOMEN
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.GLASGOW MEN AND WOMEN — THE FOUNDATION-STONE — A RECEPTION AND AN OUTING — THE JUBILEE BALL — THE MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS — OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION — QUEEN VICTORIA AT THE EXHIBITION — THE SHAH OF PERSIA — FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IN THE NEW CHAMBERS — A CITY BALL — SHUNA — JOHN BRIGHT, LORD RECTOR — THE BUTE HALL — EDMUND LUSHINGTON, LORD RECTOR — A RECTORIAL ELECTION — BAZAAR IN THE UNIVERSITY — THE ROYAL EXCHANGE — CORN EXCHANGE — AT THE CIRCUIT COURT — THE MITCHELL LIBRARY — GLASGOW GREEN — THE BOTANIC GARDENS — GLASGOW PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION — THE CROFTERS’ COMMISSION — THE MARQUESS OF SALISBURY — MR. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN — LORD GEORGE HAMILTON — A LIBERAL MEETING — WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE — MR. GLADSTONE IN GLASGOW — LORD HARTINGTON — THE EARL OF ABERDEEN — INTERESTING STRANGERS⁠—VARIED — HENRY WARD BEECHER — GLASGOW JURIDICAL SOCIETY — INSTITUTE OF THE FINE ARTS — PEOPLE AT THE PICTURES — ARTISTS AND THEIR FRIENDS — AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE — THE FINE ART INSTITUTE AGAIN — ART CLUB COSTUME BALL — TABLEAUX IN REHEARSAL — A BERLIOZ CONCERT — A MACKENZIE ORATORIO — THE MANNS SEASON — MUSICIANS — DRAMATIC AMATEURS OF THE 5th L.R.V. — DRAMATIC AMATEURS OF THE 1st L.R.V. — DRAMATIC AMATEURS OF THE 1st L.R.V. AGAIN — THE PHILOMEL CLUB — A VOLUNTEER BAZAAR — A GATHERING OF THE 1st L.R.V. — WEST OF SCOTLAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION — A BOYS’ BRIGADE INSPECTION — A REGIMENTAL SOIRÉE — ON BOARD THE DRAKE — WEST OF SCOTLAND SPORTS — FOOTBALL — HIGHLAND SPORTS — CRICKET — WESTERN BATHS — WELLCROFT BOWLING-GREEN — POLICE SPORTS — FRIENDLY SOCIETIES’ DEMONSTRATION — A PATRIOTIC DINNER — A COUNTY ASSOCIATION SOIRÉE — A COUNTY SOCIETY DINNER — AN ENGINEER’S ANNIVERSARY — AN INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION — THE ATHENÆUM HOUSE-WARMING — THE ELDER PARK, GOVAN — EAST END EXHIBITION — A LAUNCH FROM NAPIER’S YARD — THE CHANNEL FLEET — AN OCEAN LINER — THE COASTING SEASON — HOW TO GO TO THE COAST — IN ARRAN — AGAIN IN ARRAN — SEASIDE BITS — A YACHTING CRUISE — CORINTHIAN YACHTING — ANOTHER YACHTING EXPERIENCE — THE COLUMBA — FAIR DEALING — SOME FELLOW-TRAVELLERS — TRAMS EAST AND WEST — THE FLITTING TERM — A DOMESTIC EXPERIENCE — A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION — SAFETY ASSURED — BEARING WITH THE INFIRMITIES OF A FRIEND — THE PARSON OF THE PERIOD — SPIRITUAL APATHY — EMULATION — A BONE OF CONTENTION — NATURE’S SIMPLICITY — ANOTHER OF THE SAME — GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME — WHAT IT’S COMING TO — THE REASON OF IT — AN ART EXTRA — GUID GEAR — WHAT IT IS TO BE A LORD — NOT A LIKELY CUSTOMER — JEER, BOYS, JEER — REGULAR DEAD-HEADS — PRIDE OF STATION — SYMPATHY — A CITY IDYLL — OUR BOYS — A SEASONABLE THREAT — BEARING A BOOL — SAIR FASHED — HE KNEW SHE WAS RIGHT — THE SOFT ANSWER — KIND INDEED — ALMOST TOO FASHIONABLE — THE RISING GENERATION — PARADISE LOST — A BAD RECOVERY — THE MAN OF FEELING — A RIGHT TO A CHARACTER — A PROVISIONAL ORDER — INTERFERENCE WITH FAMILY PRIVILEGE — HALLOWE’EN RIVALS — A DISPUTE IN THE FIRM — DIGNITY OFFENDED — BEFORE THE BALL — ETIQUETTE AT THE RIVETER’S REUNION — REAL BENEFACTORS — THE LOAVES AND THE FISHES — SIGNS OF THE FESTIVE SEASON — MORE SIGNS OF THE FESTIVE SEASON — RANDOM QUOTATIONS

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