The Ways of Men

About this eBook

Author

Gregory, Eliot, 1854-1915

Credits

Transcribed from the 1900 Charles Scribner’s sons edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

American essays -- 19th century

Category

Text

eBook-No.

319

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/319

Release Date

August 1, 1995

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE WAYS OF MEN
2. 2.to Edith Wharton
3. 3.CHAPTER 1—“ Uncle Sam ”
4. 4.CHAPTER 2—Domestic Despots
5. 5.CHAPTER 3—Cyrano, Rostand, Coquelin
6. 6.CHAPTER 4—Machine-made Men
7. 7.CHAPTER 5—Parnassus
8. 8.CHAPTER 6—Modern Architecture
9. 9.CHAPTER 7—Worldly Color-Blindness
10. 10.CHAPTER 8—Idling in Mid-Ocean
11. 11.CHAPTER 9—“Climbers” in England
12. 12.CHAPTER 10— Calvé at Cabrières
13. 13.CHAPTER 11—A Cry For Fresh Air
14. 14.CHAPTER 12—The Paris of our Grandparents
15. 15.CHAPTER 13—Some American Husbands
16. 16.CHAPTER 14—“ Carolus ”
17. 17.CHAPTER 15—The Grand Opera Fad
18. 18.CHAPTER 16—The Poetic Cabarets of Paris
19. 19.CHAPTER 17—Etiquette At Home and Abroad
20. 20.CHAPTER 18—What is “Art”?
21. 21.CHAPTER 19—The Genealogical Craze
22. 22.CHAPTER 20—As the Twig is Bent
23. 23.CHAPTER 21—Seven Small Duchesses
24. 24.CHAPTER 22—Growing Old Ungracefully
25. 25.CHAPTER 23—Around a Spring
26. 26.CHAPTER 24—The Better Part
27. 27.CHAPTER 25—La Comédie Française à Orange
28. 28.CHAPTER 26—Pre-palatial Newport
29. 29.CHAPTER 27— Sardou at Marly-le-Roy
30. 30.CHAPTER 28—Inconsistencies
31. 31.CHAPTER 29—Modern “Cadets de Gascogne”
32. 32.CHAPTER 30—The Dinner and the Drama
33. 33.CHAPTER 31—The Modern Aspasia
34. 34.CHAPTER 32—A Nation in a Hurry
35. 35.CHAPTER 33—The Spirit of History
36. 36.Footnotes:

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