The Lighter Side of English Life. Frank Frankfort Moore

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       Frank Frankfort Moore

      The Lighter Side of English Life

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066216306

Table of Contents

       CHAPTER ONE—THE VILLAGE

       I—THE ABORIGINES

       II.—THE CENTENARIANS

       III. THE POINT OF VIEW

       CHAPTER TWO.—OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE

       I.—THE GENERAL

       II.—THE DEAR OLD LADY

       CHAPTER THREE—THE VILLAGE VILLAS

       I.—THE PILLARS OF SOCIETY

       II.—THE SHATTERING OF THE PILLARS

       III.—FLOWERS AND FRIENDSHIPS

       CHAPTER FOUR—THE COMEDIES OF THE COUNTRY HOUSE

       I.—LESSEES FROM THE MIDLANDS

       II.—THE LEGENDS OF THE COUNTRY HOUSE

       III.—FATE OF THE FAMILY PORTRAITS

       CHAPTER FIVE—THE COUNTY, OLD AND CRUSTED

       I.—THE STRANGERS

       II.—THE INSECT AND THE MAMMOTH

       CHAPTER SIX—THE OLD COUNTY TOWN

       I.—IN THE HIGH STREET

       II.—PRECIOUS PANELLING

       III.—THE AMENITIES OF THE HIGH STREET

       IV.—THE TWO ICONOCLASTS

       V.—THE SOCIAL “SETS”

       VI.—THE CASE OF MR. STANWELL

       CHAPTER SEVEN—THE PEOPLE OF MALLINGHAM

       I.—THE MAYOR

       II.—THE FIRST FAMILIES

       III.—MISS LATIMER'S MARRIAGE LINES

       IV.—THE ENTERPRISE OF MALLINGHAM

       CHAPTER EIGHT—THE PUSHING PROVINCIAL TOWN

       I.—THE MODERN METHODS

       II.—LIBRARIANS WHILE YOU WAIT

       III.—ARCHÆOLOGICAL ENTERPRISE

       CHAPTER NINE—RED-TILED SOCIETY

       I.—THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER

       II.—THE PRINCE'S PARADE

       CHAPTER TEN—LESSER ENGLISH COUNTRY TOWNS

       I.—STARKIE AND THE STATES

       II.—OUR FATHERS' FOOTSTEPS

       CHAPTER ELEVEN—THE CATHEDRAL TOWN

       I.—IN THE SHADOW OF THE MINSTER

       II.—THE NEW PALACE

       III.—ANTE-MORTEM GENEROSITY

       IV.—THE BLACK SHEEP

       CHAPTER TWELVE—A CLOSE CORPORATION

       I.—TROLLOPE'S MRS. PROUDIE

       II.—THE INNOVATORS

       III.—THE PEACEMAKERS

       IV.—THE VOX HUMANA

       V.—THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS