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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- XXII (1857-58.) THE FRENCH DETECTIVE AND HIS SMART SUBORDINATE—AT THE PRINCESS ROYAL'S MARRIAGE—SOME POPULAR PENNY PUBLICATIONS—THE YATES AND THACKERAY SQUABBLE—A TALK WITH CHARLES READE—THE CHERBOURG FETES
- XXIII (1858.) AN EXPEDITION TO HOMBURG—EARLY SUCCESSES AND SUBSEQUENT DEFEAT—PHILOSOPHIC INDIFFERENCE—GARCIA THE GAMBLER—BOHEMIAN BILLETS-DOUX—A HYPOCHONDRIACAL HUMOURIST
- XXIV (1858-59.) THE PAPER DUTY AGITATION, AND THE REPEAL OF THE IMPOST—A CONVIVIAL CLUB AND SOME OF ITS MEMBERS—THE BOOZING CARPENTER AND POPULAR EDUCATOR—IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND ON THE STUMP—A SALE AND WHAT SPRUNG FROM IT
- XXV (1859-63.) ON BOARD THE GREAT EASTERN DURING THE EXPLOSION—THE DROWNING OF INGRAM IN LAKE MICHIGAN—A BIRD OF ILL-OMEN ON BOSTON STUMP—“WELCOME ALEXANDRA!”—THE PRINCE OF WALES'S WEDDING AT WINDSOR
- XXVI (1863.) A SUSPICIOUS FIRE AT CAMPDEN HOUSE AND AN ACTION AGAINST THE “SUN” OFFICE—MY BROTHER FRANK'S EVENTFUL CAREER AS WAR CORRESPONDENT—HIS PRESUMED DEATH IN THE SOUDAN
- XXVII (1863-65.) THE SHAKSPEARE TERCENTENARY COMMITTEE AND MR. THACKERAY—REMINISCENCES OF SOME GUILDFORD-STREET GATHERINGS—THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS AND CHARLES READE—A CHANGE IN MY POSITION—T. W. ROBERTSON, NEEDY AND AFFLUENT
- XXVIII (1865.) FRENCH APARTMENTS—AT AUTEUIL—FANTASTIC FASHIONS—FÉTES IN THE ENVIRONS—JOURNALISTIC DUELS—A GARDEN PARTY
- XXIX (1865.) ODD WAYS OF GETTING A LIVING IN PARIS A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
- XXX (1866.) NEW YEAR'S DAY IN PARIS—THE CLOSING AND OPENING OF TWO RHINE KURSAALE—A FASHIONABLE NORMANDY WATERING PLACE
- XXXI (1867-68.) EUROPEAN POTENTATES IN PARIS—ABSURD CONCESSIONS OF THE EXHIBITION COMMISSIONERS—OPENING CEREMONY—THE CZAR UNDER FIRE—PRIZE DAY AT THE PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE—SEIZED FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS
- XXXII (1868.) AT THE PREFECTURE OF POLICE—A NIGHT AMONG THE PARIS CHIFFONNIERS—TWO BARRIÈRE BALLS
- XXXIII (1868.) WITH THE COURT AT COMPIÉGNE—ARTIFICIAL EYES
- XXXIV (1868-69.) ON AND ABOUT THE BOULEVARDS—THE HOUR OF ABSINTHE—THE ECCENTRIC DUKE OF BRUNSWICK—A FINANCIAL AND A GASTRONOMIC BARON—HYMEN'S AMBASSADOR—THE MAUBREUIL SCANDAL
- XXXV (1868-69). IN BRITTANY—AT A BRETON PARDON—THE TRADE IN LOCKS—HORSE À LA MODE
- XXXVI (1868.) THE ITALIAN COLONY—ITINERANT MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS' MODELS—THE BAL DU VIEUX CHÊNE—GANGS OF PARIS THIEVES—HÔTELS GARNIS—THE CARRIÈRES D'AMÉRIQUE
- XXXVII (1869.) BOULEVARDIAN JOURNALISTS AND BOULEVARD REMINISCENCES—SOME PARIS ARTISTS
- XXXVIII (1869.) IN THE VINEYARDS OF THE MÉDOC—A BORDEAUX SPADASSIN
- XXXIX (1869.) A CONFLAGRATION AMONG THE BORDEAUX SHIPPING—LIGHTED PETROLEUM AFLOAT—THE WHITE WINES OF THE GIRONDE—ANOTHER BORDEAUX SPADASSIN—ST. ÉMILION, PÉRIGUEUX, AND LIMOGES—THE BURGUNDY VINEYARDS—A STATE BALL
- XL (1869-70.) THE PANTIN TRAGEDY—THE TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF TROPPMANN
- XLI (1870.) AT TROPPMANN's EXECUTION—ROCHEFORT AND “LA LANTERNE”
- XLII (1870 et seq.)
XXIII - (1858.) AN EXPEDITION TO HOMBURG—EARLY SUCCESSES AND SUBSEQUENT DEFEAT—PHILOSOPHIC INDIFFERENCE—GARCIA THE GAMBLER—BOHEMIAN BILLETS-DOUX—A HYPOCHONDRIACAL HUMOURIST
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- XXII (1857-58.) THE FRENCH DETECTIVE AND HIS SMART SUBORDINATE—AT THE PRINCESS ROYAL'S MARRIAGE—SOME POPULAR PENNY PUBLICATIONS—THE YATES AND THACKERAY SQUABBLE—A TALK WITH CHARLES READE—THE CHERBOURG FETES
- XXIII (1858.) AN EXPEDITION TO HOMBURG—EARLY SUCCESSES AND SUBSEQUENT DEFEAT—PHILOSOPHIC INDIFFERENCE—GARCIA THE GAMBLER—BOHEMIAN BILLETS-DOUX—A HYPOCHONDRIACAL HUMOURIST
- XXIV (1858-59.) THE PAPER DUTY AGITATION, AND THE REPEAL OF THE IMPOST—A CONVIVIAL CLUB AND SOME OF ITS MEMBERS—THE BOOZING CARPENTER AND POPULAR EDUCATOR—IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND ON THE STUMP—A SALE AND WHAT SPRUNG FROM IT
- XXV (1859-63.) ON BOARD THE GREAT EASTERN DURING THE EXPLOSION—THE DROWNING OF INGRAM IN LAKE MICHIGAN—A BIRD OF ILL-OMEN ON BOSTON STUMP—“WELCOME ALEXANDRA!”—THE PRINCE OF WALES'S WEDDING AT WINDSOR
- XXVI (1863.) A SUSPICIOUS FIRE AT CAMPDEN HOUSE AND AN ACTION AGAINST THE “SUN” OFFICE—MY BROTHER FRANK'S EVENTFUL CAREER AS WAR CORRESPONDENT—HIS PRESUMED DEATH IN THE SOUDAN
- XXVII (1863-65.) THE SHAKSPEARE TERCENTENARY COMMITTEE AND MR. THACKERAY—REMINISCENCES OF SOME GUILDFORD-STREET GATHERINGS—THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS AND CHARLES READE—A CHANGE IN MY POSITION—T. W. ROBERTSON, NEEDY AND AFFLUENT
- XXVIII (1865.) FRENCH APARTMENTS—AT AUTEUIL—FANTASTIC FASHIONS—FÉTES IN THE ENVIRONS—JOURNALISTIC DUELS—A GARDEN PARTY
- XXIX (1865.) ODD WAYS OF GETTING A LIVING IN PARIS A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
- XXX (1866.) NEW YEAR'S DAY IN PARIS—THE CLOSING AND OPENING OF TWO RHINE KURSAALE—A FASHIONABLE NORMANDY WATERING PLACE
- XXXI (1867-68.) EUROPEAN POTENTATES IN PARIS—ABSURD CONCESSIONS OF THE EXHIBITION COMMISSIONERS—OPENING CEREMONY—THE CZAR UNDER FIRE—PRIZE DAY AT THE PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE—SEIZED FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS
- XXXII (1868.) AT THE PREFECTURE OF POLICE—A NIGHT AMONG THE PARIS CHIFFONNIERS—TWO BARRIÈRE BALLS
- XXXIII (1868.) WITH THE COURT AT COMPIÉGNE—ARTIFICIAL EYES
- XXXIV (1868-69.) ON AND ABOUT THE BOULEVARDS—THE HOUR OF ABSINTHE—THE ECCENTRIC DUKE OF BRUNSWICK—A FINANCIAL AND A GASTRONOMIC BARON—HYMEN'S AMBASSADOR—THE MAUBREUIL SCANDAL
- XXXV (1868-69). IN BRITTANY—AT A BRETON PARDON—THE TRADE IN LOCKS—HORSE À LA MODE
- XXXVI (1868.) THE ITALIAN COLONY—ITINERANT MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS' MODELS—THE BAL DU VIEUX CHÊNE—GANGS OF PARIS THIEVES—HÔTELS GARNIS—THE CARRIÈRES D'AMÉRIQUE
- XXXVII (1869.) BOULEVARDIAN JOURNALISTS AND BOULEVARD REMINISCENCES—SOME PARIS ARTISTS
- XXXVIII (1869.) IN THE VINEYARDS OF THE MÉDOC—A BORDEAUX SPADASSIN
- XXXIX (1869.) A CONFLAGRATION AMONG THE BORDEAUX SHIPPING—LIGHTED PETROLEUM AFLOAT—THE WHITE WINES OF THE GIRONDE—ANOTHER BORDEAUX SPADASSIN—ST. ÉMILION, PÉRIGUEUX, AND LIMOGES—THE BURGUNDY VINEYARDS—A STATE BALL
- XL (1869-70.) THE PANTIN TRAGEDY—THE TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF TROPPMANN
- XLI (1870.) AT TROPPMANN's EXECUTION—ROCHEFORT AND “LA LANTERNE”
- XLII (1870 et seq.)
Summary
This year (1858) my friend Gus Mayhew succeeded to a modest inheritance, and with the proverbial impetuosity of youth he was in an uncommon hurry to dissipate so much of it as was free from legal trammels. Consequently, he listened sympathetically to certain lamentations in which the author of “Twice round the Clock” occasionally indulged over a dear relative's legacy that he had had the misfortune to leave behind on the tapis vert of Homburg kursaal, all through some fatuous framer of an infallible system having prevailed on him to apply the bequest to testing it. Respect for his deceased relative's memory made it incumbent on him, he used to say, to leave no stone unturned to recover the lost legacy, and, after my return from Cherbourg, from hearing the subject continually broached I began to take a personal interest in it, which led to my discovering that I sorely needed a holiday, and craved
“——a truce from myself,
From books and men, and care and pelf.”
The necessary excuse having been found, I arranged with my two friends to accompany them on their semi-chivalrous expedition, and an early date was fixed upon for our departure to the fabulous Tom Tiddler's ground among the Taunus mountains.
“Fleet the time carelessly” must have been in our minds as in a lazy mood we determined upon the dilatory Rhine route, and agreed to meet at St Catherine's wharf, whence the Rotterdam boat started.
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- Glances Back Through Seventy YearsAutobiographical and Other Reminiscences, pp. 23 - 40Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1893