Men And Manners In America - One Hundred Years Ago

MEN AND MANNERS AMERICA ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO - I887 - CONTENTS. - t llrE W ENGLAND. THE SIEGE OF BOSTON . A BIT OF YANKEE I UMOR., Two TORY LADIES . . THE FANEU H IL A LLT HEATRE, . . THE E VACUATIO O N F THE TOWN . THE S OLDIERS IN CAMBRIDGCEA MP. . SHARPSHOOTING . . THEG REENNES O S F SOLDIERS . . . . THE OFFICERS A ND THEIR SOCIETY . 1 I THE B ARONNESRSI EDESEL A T CAMBRID E . A GERMANPO RTRAIT O F NEW-ENGLANDE . R S NEW-ENGWNDER SE S E N BY A BRITISHO FFICER SOCIAL RANK IN COLLEGE . COMMOXS . . . I AN OLD-TIMEC OLLEGEP RESIDENT . Gov. TRU BU . L L . COL. JOHN TRUMBULL . EARLY SCHOOL-DAY . S - PREPARATIO F N O R COLLEGE 7 JOHN SINGLETOCNO PLEY . COLLEGEL IFE . THE B EGINNIN O G F THE WAR . THE CIIARACTE O R F TIIE TROOPS . TRUMBULLPSL AN O F THE ENEMYSW ORKS RETURN TO ART . BENJAMIWN EST . . ARREST AS AN OFFSET TO ANDRE . . 4 CONTENTS. PAGE RELEASED T HROUGH WESTS INFLUENC . E . . 70 CONNECTICU A T N D ATHENS . 7 2 A LOST OPPORTUNIT . Y . . 74 SIR JOSIIUA REYNOLD A S N D BENJA WINES T . . 75 PICTURES O F THE AMERICANI EVOLUTION. 77 A BANKER FO R THE ARTIST . 7s Bl s. WRIGHT . 80 Bins. WRIGHT A ND FRANKLIN HE S A D . s3 AN EVENIPZ W G I TH FRANKLI . N . . S6 AN AMERICANBS O IEN O T F TRIUMPH . . 88 NEW-ENGLANSDE ACOASLTI FE . 93 THE BEGINNIN O G F THE WHALE-FISHERY . 92 THE M ODE O F WHALE-FISHIN . G . . 94 PECULIARC USTOMS A T NANTUCKET . 97 NANTUCKEWT OMEN . . . . 100 NEW SETTLEMENT . S . . 103 CHARACIERISTI O C F S THE NEW-ENGLANCDO LONIES 105 A NEW-ENGLANBDO YHOO . D . . . . 107 FIRST S CHOOLING. . . . 110 A NEW-ENGLAN D D I STRI S C C T E IOOL . . III A BOYS BOOKS IN THE LAST CENTURY . . 114 A PRINTERSA PPRENTICE . . . . 5 THE PRINTINGB USINESS IN BOSTON . . . . 118 NE FY YORKAND THE JERSEYS. THE TOWN. OF ALBANY . . . . . THE NEIGHBORHOOD . . . EDUCATIO A N N D EARLYI ABITS O F TIIE ALBANIANS AMUSEMENT . S . . . . . . RURALE XCURSION . S . . WINTER AMUSEMENTS. . . FASHIONAPBIGL-EST EALING . . . . LAY-BROTHERS . . hi1SS SCHUYLER TI, Z E AMERICANL ADY . MARRIAG O E F MISS SCHUYLE . . PHILIP SCHUYLER . . . . NEW YDRK . . . THE H OUSE A ND RURAL E CONO O F I Y TH E FLATS COL. SCHUYLERB AS RN . . . . OCCUPATION O S F THE DAY . . . CONTENTS. S PAGE THE SERVANT O S F THE HOUSE . . . 154 THE R ESOURCE O S F THE SCHUYLERS . 157 A UNIVERSAAL UNT . 59 SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON . . 161 BURNING OF THE EIOUSE A T TIIE FLATS . . . 164 MRS. GRANTS EARLY LIFE . . . 167 INTRODUCT TO IO M N IL TON . 169 IILTO I N NT RODUCES HER TO AUNTS CHUYLER . . 170 A D A M R E IE DESEL A ND GEN. SCHUYLER . . 172 THE TEMPE O R F THE COLONISTS . . 176 AN ENGLIS G H IR L AND GEN. PUTNAM . . . 181 THE GREAT TORPEDO . . 185 JOE BETTYS . . . 19 A DAY WITH WASHINGTON . . . 93 THE CUSTOM O F TOASTING. I97 A PORTRAIT O F VASHINGTON. . . . 98 PRINCETON A ND DR. WITHERSPOON . . 200 PENNSYL ZANIA. A PHILADELPHISAC HOOLMASTER . . . 202 MR . JOHN BEVERIDGE . . . 205 THE PAXTON BOYS . . . . . . 20s OGLE AND FRIEND . . . 211 SWIML IN AN G D SKATING. . 214 THE S LATE-ROOFH OUSE . . . 217 THE G UESTS OF THE SLATE-ROOFII OUSE . . 219 LADY IOOR A E N D LADYO BRIEN . . 221 SIR VILLIAM DRAPER . . 223 MAJOR E THERINGT . O N . . . . 226 THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS . . 228 HABIT O S F SOCIETY I N PIIILADEI PHIA . . . 230 AFFECTATION O F FRENC H I ANNER . S . 232 GENTLEMENDS RESS . . 233 LADIES D RESS . . . 236 WATCHES . . . 23s THE F URNITU O R F E A HOUSE. . . . . . 238 TEA A ND CHOCOLATE . 241 AN OLD-FASHIONEADP PRENTICE .. . . 241 ASUPERS ITIOUSTAILO . R . . . . . 242 VASHIKGTON IN PHILADELPHIA . . . 244 CONTENTS. THE C HEVALIER D O B--c . THE EPHRATAH IN STITUTI . O N THE ENTRY O F THE BRITISHA RMY IN TO PHILADELPHIA THE . IESCHIAN A Z T A PHILADELPHIA . PRIVATIONS . . . . VALLEY F ORG . E . . . -. . . OLD DOCTORS . . . . . LYDIAD ARRAH . . ...