Worldly Ways and Byways

About this eBook

Author

Gregory, Eliot, 1854-1915

Title

Worldly Ways & Byways

Credits

Transcribed from the 1899 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.

379

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/379

Release Date

December 1, 1995

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Worldly Ways & Byways
2. 2.A Table of Contents
3. 3.To the Reader
4. 4.No. 1—Charm
5. 5.No. 2—The Moth and the Star
6. 6.No. 3—Contrasted Travelling
7. 7.No. 4—The Outer and the Inner Woman
8. 8.No. 5—On Some Gilded Misalliances
9. 9.No. 6—The Complacency of Mediocrity
10. 10.No. 7—The Discontent of Talent
11. 11.No. 8—Slouch
12. 12.No. 9—Social Suggestion
13. 13.No. 10—Bohemia
14. 14.No. 11—Social Exiles
15. 15.No. 12—“Seven Ages” of Furniture
16. 16.No. 13—Our Elite and Public Life
17. 17.No. 14—The Small Summer Hotel
18. 18.No. 15—A False Start
19. 19.No. 16—A Holy Land
20. 20.No. 17—Royalty At Play
21. 21.No. 18—A Rock Ahead
22. 22.No. 19—The Grand Prix
23. 23.No. 20—“The Treadmill.”
24. 24.No. 21—“Like Master Like Man.”
25. 25.No. 22—An English Invasion of the Riviera
26. 26.No. 23—A Common Weakness
27. 27.No. 24—Changing Paris
28. 28.No. 25—Contentment
29. 29.No. 26—The Climber
30. 30.No. 27—The Last of the Dandies
31. 31.No. 28—A Nation on the Wing
32. 32.No. 29—Husks
33. 33.No. 30—The Faubourg of St. Germain
34. 34.No. 31—Men’s Manners
35. 35.No. 32—An Ideal Hostess
36. 36.No. 33—The Introducer
37. 37.No. 34—A Question and an Answer
38. 38.No. 35—Living on your Friends
39. 39.No. 36—American Society in Italy
40. 40.No. 37—The Newport of the Past
41. 41.No. 38—A Conquest of Europe
42. 42.No. 39—A Race of Slaves
43. 43.Chapter 40—Introspection [276]
44. 44.Footnotes:

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