ISBN: 1235863379

[EAN: 9781235863370], Neubuch, PRICE COLLIER,UNITED STATES,FRANCE, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can d… More...

[EAN: 9781235863370], Neubuch, PRICE COLLIER,UNITED STATES,FRANCE, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: . . . IX A Visit to Boston HEN I made it known to my New York friends that I was soon to visit Boston, the advice, suggestions, and comments that I received were very amusing. I was told that as soon as the train crossed Philistine the line into New England, I should hear Bottln. very little English, as almost everybody spoke Latin or Greek; the theatres presented only Greek plays, and nowadays Ibsens comedies; no smoking and no swearing were permitted in the streets; the ladies wore blue veils and eye-glasses; the men spoke English of the most British description, and wore their sheepskin degrees from Harvard College instead of shirt-fronts; little boys might be seen going through the streets in procession, to present petitions to the Governor that school hours might be lengthened; at the principal clubs there were debates, three evenings in the week, on metaphysical subjects; several of the churches had women pastors, who wore bloomers in the pulpit; at evening parties, after the discussion of a paper read by a Harvard professor, Apollinaris and iced-cream were served, and at very swell houses, club soda; New York people only visited Boston when in deep mourning, since no entertainment there made such habiliments seem out of place. I was warned to express no surprise at the colossal procreative energies of the passengers on the Mayflower when the The Maystupendous number of their descendants fecundity. was made known to me; and I was advised, that if I wished to be popular in Boston, nothing could serve my purpose better than to mistake Bunker Hill Monument for a monolith, and to sigh over the social frivolity and the intellectual barrenness of New York. I believe it to be true, that when any Truth and large number of people in any part of the umorworld a. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

2012, ISBN: 1235863379

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ISBN: 9781235863370

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