Penelope's English Experiences

About this eBook

Author

Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923

Title

Penelope's English Experiences Being Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton

Credits

Produced by Les Bowler, and David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Americans -- England -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

1278

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1278

Release Date

April 1, 1998

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PENELOPE'S ENGLISH EXPERIENCES — Being extracts from the commonplace book of Penelope Hamilton
2. 2.by Kate Douglas Wiggin. — To my Boston friend Salemina. No Anglomaniac, but a true Briton.
3. 3.Part First—In Town.
4. 4.Chapter I. The weekly bill.
5. 5.Chapter II. The powdered footman smiles.
6. 6.Chapter III. Eggs a la coque.
7. 7.Chapter IV. The English sense of humour.
8. 8.Chapter V. A Hyde Park Sunday.
9. 9.Chapter VI. The English Park Lover.
10. 10.Chapter VII. A ducal tea-party.
11. 11.Chapter VIII. Tuppenny travels in London.
12. 12.Chapter IX. A Table of Kindred and Affinity.
13. 13.Chapter X. Apropos of advertisements.
14. 14.Chapter XI. The ball on the opposite side.
15. 15.Chapter XII. Patricia makes her debut.
16. 16.Chapter XIII. A Penelope secret.
17. 17.Chapter XIV. Love and lavender.
18. 18.Part Second—In the country.
19. 19.Chapter XV. Penelope dreams.
20. 20.Chapter XVI. The decay of Romance.
21. 21.Chapter XVII. Short stops and long bills.
22. 22.Chapter XVIII. I meet Mrs. Bobby.
23. 23.Chapter XIX. The heart of the artist.
24. 24.Chapter XX. A canticle to Jane.
25. 25.Chapter XXI. I remember, I remember.
26. 26.Chapter XXII. Comfort Cottage.
27. 27.Chapter XXIII. Tea served here.
28. 28.Chapter XXIV. An unlicensed victualler.
29. 29.Chapter XXV. Et ego in Arcadia vixit.

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