Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, Taken from Original Sources

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Author

Ashton, John, 1834-1911

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Produced by Chris Curnow, Christine P. Travers 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

Great Britain -- History -- Anne, 1702-1714

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Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55429

Release Date

August 26, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Social Life in Queen Anne's Reign — PREFACE. — CONTENTS. — APPENDIX. — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
2. 2.CHAPTER I. CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION. ( Boys. )
3. 3.CHAPTER II. CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION. ( Girls. )
4. 4.CHAPTER III. MARRIAGE.
5. 5.CHAPTER IV. DEATH AND BURIAL.
6. 6.CHAPTER V. HOUSES, FURNITURE, ETC.
7. 7.CHAPTER VI. SERVANTS.
8. 8.CHAPTER VII. DAILY LIFE. ( Men. )
9. 9.CHAPTER VIII. DAILY LIFE. ( Women. )
10. 10.CHAPTER IX. GAMBLING AND SPECULATION.
11. 11.CHAPTER X. SUPERSTITION.
12. 12.CHAPTER XI. COSMETICS, ETC.
13. 13.CHAPTER XII. TRADE, ETC.
14. 14.CHAPTER XIII. MEN'S DRESS.
15. 15.CHAPTER XIV. WOMEN'S DRESS.
16. 16.CHAPTER XV. FOOD. ( Solid. )
17. 17.CHAPTER XVI. FOOD. ( Liquid. )
18. 18.CHAPTER XVII. TOBACCO.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVIII. COFFEE-HOUSES AND TAVERNS.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIX. CLUBS.
21. 21.CHAPTER XX. SIGHT-SEEING AND FAIRS
22. 22.CHAPTER XXI. OTHER SIGHTS.
23. 23.CHAPTER XXII. ROUGH SPORTS.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXIII. HORSE-RACING, HUNTING, SHOOTING, &C.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXIV. SWORD-PLAY AND OTHER SPORTS. GARDEN, ETC.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXV. THE DRAMA.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXVI. OPERA, CONCERTS, MUSIC.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXVII. PAINTERS AND ARCHITECTS.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVIII. SCIENCE, ETC.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIX. LITERATURE, THE PRESS, ETC.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXX. MEDICAL.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXXI. SPAS AND BATHING.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXXII. RELIGIONS.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXIII. LEGAL.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIV. THE RIVER.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXV. THE STREETS.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXVI. CARRIAGES, ETC.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXVII. THE MOHOCKS.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVIII. DUELLING.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIX. THE ARMY AND NAVY.
41. 41.CHAPTER XL. CRIME.
42. 42.CHAPTER XLI. PRISONS.
43. 43.CHAPTER XLII. WORKHOUSES, HOSPITALS, ETC.
44. 44.APPENDIX. — LILLI-BURLERO. — HUNT THE SQUIRIL. — MOLL PEATLEY. — A LIST OF ALL THE PERSONS TO WHOM RINGS AND MOURNING WERE PRESENTED UPON THE OCCASION OF MR. PEPYS'S DEATH AND BURIAL. — LORD MAYOR'S DELIGHT. — WALSINGHAM. — THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD. — A LIST OF SOME OF THE COFFEE-HOUSES IN LONDON DURING QUEEN ANNE'S REIGN, 1702-1714. — CHOCOLATE HOUSES. — SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY. — CHRIST CHURCH BELLS IN OXON. — CHESHIRE ROUNDS. — THE NIGHTINGALE. — INDEX. — ALPHABETICAL CATALOGUE OF BOOKS IN GENERAL LITERATURE AND FICTION — Notes

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