Faces and Places

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Faces and Places, by Henry William Lucy This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Faces and Places Author: Henry William Lucy Release Date: May 27, 2008 [eBook #25624] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FACES AND PLACES*** E-text prepared by Ruth Golding The Whitefriars Library of Wit & Humour Henry W. Lucy FACES AND PLACES By HENRY W. LUCY (AUTHOR OF "EAST BY WEST: A RECORD OF A JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD") WITH PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATIONS LONDON: HENRY AND CO, BOUVERIE STREET, EC To J.R. Robinson, Editor and Manager of the "Daily News", at whose suggestion some of these articles were written, they are in their collected form inscribed, with sincere regard, by an old friend and colleague. London, February 1892. CONTENTS Chap. Page I. "FRED" BURNABY 1 II. A NIGHT ON A MOUNTAIN 23 III. THE PRINCE OF WALES 35 IV. A HISTORIC CROWD 41 V. WITH PEGGOTTY AND HAM 52 VI. TO THOSE ABOUT TO BECOME JOURNALISTS 62 VII. A CINQUE PORT 69 VIII. OYSTERS AND ARCACHON 77 IX. CHRISTMAS EVE AT WATTS'S 86 X. NIGHT AND DAY ON THE CARS IN CANADA 100 XI. EASTER ON LES AVANTS 108 XII. THE BATTLE OF MERTHYR 125 XIII. MOSQUITOES AND MONACO 137 XIV.