THE LIGHTER SIDE OF ENGLISH LIFE

By Frank Frankfort Moore

Author Of “The Jessamy Bride”

Illustrated in Colour by George Belcher

T. N. Foulis, London & Edinburgh

1913

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

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