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Table of Contents

Оглавление

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

III.—THE AMENITIES OF THE HIGH STREET

IV.—THE TWO ICONOCLASTS

V.—THE SOCIAL “SETS”

VI.—THE CASE OF MR. STANWELL

CHAPTER SEVEN—THE PEOPLE OF MALLINGHAM

I.—THE MAYOR

II.—THE FIRST FAMILIES

III.—MISS LATIMER'S MARRIAGE LINES

IV.—THE ENTERPRISE OF MALLINGHAM

CHAPTER EIGHT—THE PUSHING PROVINCIAL TOWN

I.—THE MODERN METHODS

II.—LIBRARIANS WHILE YOU WAIT

III.—ARCHÆOLOGICAL ENTERPRISE

CHAPTER NINE—RED-TILED SOCIETY

I.—THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER

II.—THE PRINCE'S PARADE

CHAPTER TEN—LESSER ENGLISH COUNTRY TOWNS

I.—STARKIE AND THE STATES

II.—OUR FATHERS' FOOTSTEPS

CHAPTER ELEVEN—THE CATHEDRAL TOWN

I.—IN THE SHADOW OF THE MINSTER

II.—THE NEW PALACE

III.—ANTE-MORTEM GENEROSITY

IV.—THE BLACK SHEEP

CHAPTER TWELVE—A CLOSE CORPORATION

I.—TROLLOPE'S MRS. PROUDIE

II.—THE INNOVATORS

III.—THE PEACEMAKERS

IV.—THE VOX HUMANA

V.—THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS

VI.—THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE MINSTER

CHAPTER THIRTEEN—AMONG THE AMATEURS

I.—MR. BARTON'S HIGH NOTE

II.—THE MUSICAL TABLEAUX

III.—THE DRAMA

CHAPTER FOURTEEN—THE LIGHTER SIDE OF CLERICAL LIFE

I.—THE FRANK CANON

II.—THE “CHARPSON”

III.—THE BIBLE CLASS

IV.—THE ENCYCLOPÆDIC PARSON

V.—THE ALMONERS

CHAPTER FIFTEEN—THE CROQUET LAWNS

I.—A CONGENIAL PURSUIT

II.—THE PLAYERS

CHAPTER SIXTEEN—ART & THE ARTFUL IN THE PROVINCES

I.—THE ARTISTIC OUTLOOK

II.—ART AND THE SHERIFF

III.—THE COUNTRY PICTURE SALE

IV.—HUMOURS OF THE ROSTRUM

V. THE ARTFUL AND GOLDSTEIN

VI.—TRICKS AND TRICKS

The Lighter Side of English Life

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