Worldly Ways and Byways

Worldly Ways and Byways, by Eliot Gregory
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Title: Worldly Ways and Byways
Author: Eliot Gregory
Release Date: April 5, 2007 Language: English
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Transcribed from the 1899 Charles Scribner’s Sons edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
Worldly Ways & Byways
BY
Eliot Gregory (“An Idler ”)
NEW YORK
Charles Scribner’s Sons
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Copyright, 1898, by Charles Scribner’s Sons To E. L. Godkin, Esq re. SIR: I wish your name to appear on the first page of a volume, the composition of which was suggested by you. Gratitude is said to be “the hope of favors to come;” these lines are written to prove that it may be the appreciation of kindnesses received. Heartily yours Eliot Gregory
A Table of Contents
To the R E A D E R 1. Charm 2. The Moth and the Star 3. Contrasted Travelling 4. The Outer and the Inner Woman 5. On Some Gilded Misalliances 6. The Complacency of Mediocrity 7. The Discontent of Talent 8. Slouch 9. Social Suggestion 10. Bohemia 11. Social Exiles 12. “Seven Ages” of Furniture 13. Our Elite and Public Life 14. ...