The Project Gutenberg E-text of Reminiscences of Captain Gronow

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Author

Gronow, R. H. (Rees Howell), 1794-1865

Title

Reminiscences of Captain Gronow

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Produced by Tobias D. Robison and Pam Wisniewski. HTML version by Al Haines.

Language

English

LoC Class

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

Subject

Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century

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eBook-No.

3798

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3798

Release Date

February 1, 2003

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Reminiscences of Captain Gronow — by
2. 2.Captain Rees Howell Gronow — TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE — Reminiscences of Captain Gronow — Formerly of the Grenadier Guards, and M.P. for Stafford: being Anecdotes of the camp, the court, and the clubs, at the close of the last war with France. Related by himself. — London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill. M.DCCC.LXII.
3. 3.CONTENTS — A FEW WORDS TO THE READER MY ENTRANCE INTO THE ARMY DEPARTURE FOR AND ARRIVAL IN SPAIN THE UNIFORM AND BEARING OF THE FRENCH SOLDIER MAJOR-GENERAL STEWART AND LORD WELLINGTON ST. JEAN DE LUZ FOOLHARDINESS DISCIPLINE SIR JOHN WATERS THE BATTLE OF THE NIVELLE THE PASSAGE OF THE ADOUR ARRIVAL OF THE GUARDS AT BORDEAUX MRS. MARY ANNE CLARKE MRS. MARY ANNE CLARKE AND COL. WARDLE SOCIETY IN LONDON IN 1814 THE ITALIAN OPERA.—CATALANI DINING AND COOKERY IN ENGLAND FIFTY YEARS AGO THE PRINCE REGENT PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES AT A FETE IN THE YEAR 1813, AT CARLTON HOUSE BEAU BRUMMELL ROMEO COATES HYDE PARK AFTER THE PENINSULAR WAR LONDON HOTELS IN 1814 THE CLUBS OF LONDON IN 1814 REMARKABLE CHARACTERS OF LONDON ABOUT THE YEARS 1814, 1815, 1816 THE GUARDS MARCHING FROM ENGHIEN ON THE 15TH OF JUNE QUATRE BRAS GENERAL APPEARANCE OF THE FIELD OF WATERLOO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON IN OUR SQUARE THE FRENCH CAVALRY CHARGING THE BRUNSWICKERS THE LAST CHARGE AT WATERLOO HUGUEMONT BYNG WITH HIS BRIGADE AT WATERLOO THE LATE DUKE OF RICHMOND THE UNFORTUNATE CHARGE OF THE HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S OPINION OF THE FRENCH CAVALRY MARSHAL EXCELMANN'S OPINION OF THE BRITISH CAVALRY APPEARANCE OF PARIS WHEN THE ALLIES ENTERED MARSHAL NEY AND WELLINGTON THE PALAIS ROYAL AFTER THE RESTORATION THE ENGLISH IN PARIS AFTER THE RESTORATION OF THE BOURBONS LES ANGLAISES POUR RIRE COACHING AND RACING IN 1815 PARISIAN CAFES IN 1815 REVIEW OF THE ALLIED ARMIES BY THE ALLIED SOVEREIGNS IN PARIS CONDUCT OF THE RUSSIAN AND PRUSSIAN SOLDIERS DURING THE OCCUPATION OF PARIS BY THE ALLIES THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN PARIS ESCAPE OF LAVALETTE FROM PRISON DUELLING IN FRANCE IN 1815 PISTOL SHOOTING THE FAUBOURG ST. GERMAIN THE SALON DES ETRANGERS IN PARIS THE DUCHESS DE BERRI AT MASS AT THE CHAPELLE ROYALE LORD WESTMORELAND ALDERMAN WOOD THE OPERA FANNY ELSSLER CHARLES X. AND LOUIS PHILIPPE LORD THANET LORD GRANVILLE, THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR MARSHAL BLUCHER JEW MONEY-LENDERS LORD ALVANLEY GENERAL PALMER "MONK" LEWIS SIR THOMAS TURTON GEORGE SMYTHE, THE LATE LORD STRANGFORD THE HONOURABLE GEORGE TALBOT A DINNER AT SIR JAMES BLAND BURGES'S, IN LOWER BROOK STREET; AUTUMN, 1815 LORD BYRON SHELLEY ROBERT SOUTHEY, THE POET CAPTAIN HESSE, FORMERLY OF THE 18TH HUSSARS VISITING IN THE COUNTRY COLONEL KELLY AND HIS BLACKING LORD ALLEN AND COUNT D'ORSAY Mr. PHELPS THE LATE LORD BLOOMFIELD THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE CANNING MRS. BOEHM, OF ST. JAMES'S SQUARE DR. GOODALL, OF ETON LORD MELBOURNE, THE DUKE OF LEINSTER, AND LORD NORMANBY THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER LADY CORK THE DUCHESS OF GORDON THE LATE MRS. BRADSHAW (MARIA TREE) LADIES' JEWELLERY AND LOVERS THE LATE LORD HENRY SEYMOUR FRANCE AND THE FRENCH — A FEW WORDS TO THE READER — MY ENTRANCE INTO THE ARMY — DEPARTURE FOR AND ARRIVAL IN SPAIN — THE UNIFORM AND BEARING OF THE FRENCH SOLDIER — MAJOR-GENERAL STEWART AND LORD WELLINGTON — ST. JEAN DE LUZ — FOOLHARDINESS — DISCIPLINE — SIR JOHN WATERS — THE BATTLE OF THE NIVELLE — THE PASSAGE OF THE ADOUR — ARRIVAL OF THE GUARDS AT BORDEAUX — MRS. MARY ANNE CLARKE — MRS. MARY ANNE CLARKE AND COL. WARDLE — SOCIETY IN LONDON IN 1814 — THE ITALIAN OPERA.—CATALANI — DINING AND COOKERY IN ENGLAND FIFTY YEARS AGO — THE PRINCE REGENT — PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES AT A FETE IN THE YEAR 1813, AT CARLTON HOUSE — BEAU BRUMMELL — ROMEO COATES — HYDE PARK AFTER THE PENINSULAR WAR — LONDON HOTELS IN 1814 — THE CLUBS OF LONDON IN 1814 — REMARKABLE CHARACTERS OF LONDON ABOUT THE YEARS 1814, 1815, 1816 — THE GUARDS MARCHING FROM ENGHIEN ON THE 15TH OF JUNE — QUATRE BRAS — GENERAL APPEARANCE OF THE FIELD OF WATERLOO — THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON IN OUR SQUARE — THE FRENCH CAVALRY CHARGING THE BRUNSWICKERS — THE LAST CHARGE AT WATERLOO — HUGUEMONT — BYNG WITH HIS BRIGADE AT WATERLOO — THE LATE DUKE OF RICHMOND — THE UNFORTUNATE CHARGE OF THE HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE — THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S OPINION OF THE FRENCH CAVALRY — MARSHAL EXCELMANN'S OPINION OF THE BRITISH CAVALRY — APPEARANCE OF PARIS WHEN THE ALLIES ENTERED — MARSHAL NEY AND WELLINGTON — THE PALAIS ROYAL AFTER THE RESTORATION — THE ENGLISH IN PARIS AFTER THE RESTORATION OF THE BOURBONS — LES ANGLAISES POUR RIRE — COACHING AND RACING IN 1815 — PARISIAN CAFES IN 1815 — REVIEW OF THE ALLIED ARMIES BY THE ALLIED SOVEREIGNS IN PARIS — CONDUCT OF THE RUSSIAN AND PRUSSIAN SOLDIERS DURING THE OCCUPATION OF PARIS BY THE ALLIES — THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN PARIS — ESCAPE OF LAVALETTE FROM PRISON — DUELLING IN FRANCE IN 1815 — PISTOL SHOOTING — THE FAUBOURG ST. GERMAIN — THE SALON DES ETRANGERS IN PARIS — THE DUCHESS DE BERRI AT MASS AT THE CHAPELLE ROYALE — LORD WESTMORELAND — ALDERMAN WOOD — THE OPERA — FANNY ELSSLER — CHARLES X. AND LOUIS PHILIPPE — LORD THANET — LORD GRANVILLE, THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR — MARSHAL BLUCHER — JEW MONEY-LENDERS — LORD ALVANLEY — GENERAL PALMER — "MONK" LEWIS — SIR THOMAS TURTON — GEORGE SMYTHE, THE LATE LORD STRANGFORD — THE HONOURABLE GEORGE TALBOT — A DINNER AT SIR JAMES BLAND BURGES'S, IN LOWER BROOK STREET; AUTUMN, 1815 — LORD BYRON — SHELLEY — ROBERT SOUTHEY, THE POET — CAPTAIN HESSE, FORMERLY OF THE 18TH HUSSARS — VISITING IN THE COUNTRY — COLONEL KELLY AND HIS BLACKING — LORD ALLEN AND COUNT D'ORSAY — Mr. PHELPS — THE LATE LORD BLOOMFIELD — THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE CANNING — MRS. BOEHM, OF ST. JAMES'S SQUARE — DR. GOODALL, OF ETON — LORD MELBOURNE, THE DUKE OF LEINSTER, AND LORD NORMANBY — THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER — LADY CORK — THE DUCHESS OF GORDON — THE LATE MRS. BRADSHAW (MARIA TREE) — LADIES' JEWELLERY AND LOVERS — THE LATE LORD HENRY SEYMOUR — FRANCE AND THE FRENCH

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