The Lighter Side of English Life

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Author

Moore, Frank Frankfort, 1855-1931

Credits

Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

England -- Social life and customs -- Humor

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 51927

Release Date

May 1, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE LIGHTER SIDE OF ENGLISH LIFE
2. 2.By Frank Frankfort Moore — Author Of “The Jessamy Bride” — Illustrated in Colour by George Belcher — T. N. Foulis, London & Edinburgh — 1913
3. 3.CHAPTER ONE—THE VILLAGE
4. 4.I—THE ABORIGINES
5. 5.II.—THE CENTENARIANS
6. 6.III. THE POINT OF VIEW
7. 7.CHAPTER TWO.—OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE
8. 8.I.—THE GENERAL
9. 9.II.—THE DEAR OLD LADY
10. 10.CHAPTER THREE—THE VILLAGE VILLAS
11. 11.I.—THE PILLARS OF SOCIETY
12. 12.II.—THE SHATTERING OF THE PILLARS
13. 13.III.—FLOWERS AND FRIENDSHIPS
14. 14.CHAPTER FOUR—THE COMEDIES OF THE COUNTRY HOUSE
15. 15.I.—LESSEES FROM THE MIDLANDS
16. 16.II.—THE LEGENDS OF THE COUNTRY HOUSE
17. 17.III.—FATE OF THE FAMILY PORTRAITS
18. 18.CHAPTER FIVE—THE COUNTY, OLD AND CRUSTED
19. 19.I.—THE STRANGERS
20. 20.II.—THE INSECT AND THE MAMMOTH
21. 21.CHAPTER SIX—THE OLD COUNTY TOWN
22. 22.I.—IN THE HIGH STREET
23. 23.II.—PRECIOUS PANELLING
24. 24.III.—THE AMENITIES OF THE HIGH STREET
25. 25.IV.—THE TWO ICONOCLASTS
26. 26.V.—THE SOCIAL “SETS”
27. 27.VI.—THE CASE OF MR. STANWELL
28. 28.CHAPTER SEVEN—THE PEOPLE OF MALLINGHAM
29. 29.I.—THE MAYOR
30. 30.II.—THE FIRST FAMILIES
31. 31.III.—MISS LATIMER'S MARRIAGE LINES
32. 32.IV.—THE ENTERPRISE OF MALLINGHAM
33. 33.CHAPTER EIGHT—THE PUSHING PROVINCIAL TOWN
34. 34.I.—THE MODERN METHODS
35. 35.II.—LIBRARIANS WHILE YOU WAIT
36. 36.III.—ARCHÆOLOGICAL ENTERPRISE
37. 37.CHAPTER NINE—RED-TILED SOCIETY
38. 38.I.—THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER
39. 39.II.—THE PRINCE'S PARADE
40. 40.CHAPTER TEN—LESSER ENGLISH COUNTRY TOWNS
41. 41.I.—STARKIE AND THE STATES
42. 42.II.—OUR FATHERS' FOOTSTEPS
43. 43.CHAPTER ELEVEN—THE CATHEDRAL TOWN
44. 44.I.—IN THE SHADOW OF THE MINSTER
45. 45.II.—THE NEW PALACE
46. 46.III.—ANTE-MORTEM GENEROSITY
47. 47.IV.—THE BLACK SHEEP
48. 48.CHAPTER TWELVE—A CLOSE CORPORATION
49. 49.I.—TROLLOPE'S MRS. PROUDIE
50. 50.II.—THE INNOVATORS
51. 51.III.—THE PEACEMAKERS
52. 52.IV.—THE VOX HUMANA
53. 53.V.—THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
54. 54.VI.—THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE MINSTER
55. 55.CHAPTER THIRTEEN—AMONG THE AMATEURS
56. 56.I.—MR. BARTON'S HIGH NOTE
57. 57.II.—THE MUSICAL TABLEAUX
58. 58.III.—THE DRAMA
59. 59.CHAPTER FOURTEEN—THE LIGHTER SIDE OF CLERICAL LIFE
60. 60.I.—THE FRANK CANON
61. 61.II.—THE “CHARPSON”
62. 62.III.—THE BIBLE CLASS
63. 63.IV.—THE ENCYCLOPÆDIC PARSON
64. 64.V.—THE ALMONERS
65. 65.CHAPTER FIFTEEN—THE CROQUET LAWNS
66. 66.I.—A CONGENIAL PURSUIT
67. 67.II.—THE PLAYERS
68. 68.CHAPTER SIXTEEN—ART & THE ARTFUL IN THE PROVINCES
69. 69.I.—THE ARTISTIC OUTLOOK
70. 70.II.—ART AND THE SHERIFF
71. 71.III.—THE COUNTRY PICTURE SALE
72. 72.IV.—HUMOURS OF THE ROSTRUM
73. 73.V. THE ARTFUL AND GOLDSTEIN
74. 74.VI.—TRICKS AND TRICKS

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