Habits and men

About this eBook

Author

Doran, Dr. (John), 1807-1878

Title

Habits and men, with remnants of record touching the makers of both

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Richard Bentley,1855.

Credits

Susan Skinner 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

GT: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Manners and customs

Subject

Manners and customs

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 68823

Release Date

August 23, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HABITS AND MEN.
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.BETWEEN YOU AND ME.
4. 4.MAN, MANNERS, AND A STORY WITH A MORAL TO IT.
5. 5.ADONIS AT HOME AND ABROAD. PART I.
6. 6.ADONIS AT HOME AND ABROAD. PART II.
7. 7.REMNANTS OF STAGE DRESSES.
8. 8.THREE ACTS AND AN EPILOGUE. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III. — THE EPILOGUE.
9. 9.THE TIRING-BOWERS OF QUEENS.
10. 10.“LA MODE” IN HER BIRTH-PLACE.
11. 11.HATS.
12. 12.WIGS AND THEIR WEARERS.
13. 13.BEARDS AND THEIR BEARERS.
14. 14.SWORDS.
15. 15.GLOVES, B⸺S, AND BUTTONS.
16. 16.STOCKINGS.
17. 17.“MASKS AND FACES.”
18. 18.PUPPETS FOR GROWN GENTLEMEN.
19. 19.TOUCHING TAILORS.
20. 20.WHY DID THE TAILORS CHOOSE ST. WILLIAM FOR THEIR PATRON?
21. 21.THE TAILORS MEASURED BY THE POETS.
22. 22.SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD, THE HEROIC TAILOR.
23. 23.GEORGE DÖRFLING, THE MARTIAL TAILOR.
24. 24.ADMIRAL HOBSON, THE NAVAL TAILOR.
25. 25.JOHN STOW, THE ANTIQUARIAN TAILOR.
26. 26.JOHN SPEED, THE ANTIQUARIAN TAILOR.
27. 27.SAMUEL PEPYS, THE OFFICIAL TAILOR.
28. 28.RICHARD RYAN, THE THEATRICAL TAILOR.
29. 29.PAUL WHITEHEAD, THE POET TAILOR.
30. 30.MEMS. OF “MERCHANT TAILORS.”
31. 31.Chapters on Beaux. — THE BEAUX OF THE OLDEN TIME.
32. 32.BEAU FIELDING.
33. 33.BEAU NASH.
34. 34.THE PRINCE DE LIGNE.
35. 35.BEAU BRUMMELL.
36. 36.DOCTORS READY DRESSED.
37. 37.ODD FASHIONS.

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