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HABITS, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF ALL NATIONS FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF THE YOUNG

Published by Edward Lacey. Circa. 1860

Very good condition. Brown blind stamped boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w plates. vi and 248 pages.

Top & tail of spine worn, corners lightly rubbed. Boards clean and bright. Front endpaper missing. Contemporary inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Top corner creases to contents and a few grubby marks.

Stock no. 1821068

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Contents

  • Brazilian Sugar Mill
  • Steam Floating Bridge
  • Asiatic and African Condescension
  • Contrivances of the Arabs
  • Lebanon
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Shrines and Pilgrimages
  • The Maltese
  • The Greeks
  • Madagascar
  • The Jews' New Year
  • Christening Customs
  • Dinners in Syria
  • Ashantee Palace
  • Easter Week in England
  • American Cunning
  • Castles of France
  • South American Indians Fishing
  • Conclusion of Lent in Rom
  • A Turkish Plum-Pudding
  • Public Walks, Berlin
  • Milliner's Shops in Mexico
  • The Persians
  • Storms at Monte Video
  • Modes of Punishment at Constantinople
  • Chinese Revolution
  • White Elephants
  • The Herring Tower, Amsterdam
  • Mules in Mexico
  • The Brahmins
  • Indian Snake Charmer
  • The Hindoo Weaver
  • The Demon Priest
  • American Stage Coach
  • Moonlight in Egypt
  • English Sports, May
  • The Prado, at Madrid
  • Quilting in America
  • Coffee Harvest in Brazil
  • Ambassadors
  • Anglo-Saxon Marriages
  • Courtship in India
  • A Canadian Residence
  • Passion Week in Italy
  • Irish Funerals
  • Tiger Hunt in Paraguay
  • Letters in Paraguay
  • The Highland Dress
  • The Nilometer
  • Tartars and the Owl
  • Earth Eaters in South America
  • The Rattle Snake
  • Coomarow Fall
  • Chinese Cookery
  • Inhabited Tree in Caffre-Lane
  • Ancestors
  • Ancient Customs on Twelfth Day
  • Russian Burial Grounds
  • The Chinese Pillory
  • Amulets
  • Lisbon Water-Carrier
  • Raft of Gambier Islands
  • Chastisement of King James I, by his Tutor
  • Palace and Cathedral at Lima
  • Travelling in Turkey
  • Robespierre
  • American Aboriginal Steam Boat
  • Staining the Hands and Feet in Egypt
  • Cannon Clock
  • Hindoo Fakirs, or Religious Mendicants
  • Dripping Rock in India
  • Hindoo Jugglers
  • Narrow Streets in Cairo
  • The Wapeti; and the manner of travelling with them
  • Mode of living in Paris
  • Egyptian Children
  • The British Factories at Canton
  • Hindoo reverence for the Cow and Bull
  • The Beauties of Scotland
  • Lisbon Dogs
  • Cutting off Heads in Persia
  • The Esquimaux Indians
  • The Battle of Spires
  • Dressing the Christmas Tree in Germany
  • Mussulman and Hindoo Religion
  • Warow Villages in British Guiana
  • Maternal affection of an American tribe
  • London and its inhabitants
  • Jackalls in India
  • Execution of Criminals in Sweden
  • Scene on the Hudson River
  • Funerals in Portugal
  • A Village of Indian Wigwams
  • Catching Wild Ducks in India
  • Modes of Salutations in various countries
  • The Royal Humane Society
  • Law of Bankruptcy in Venice
  • Manners and Customs of the Dutch
  • Turkish Arms
  • Tyrolese Carriers
  • Tea-Drinking in Russia
  • Sleeping on the House Tops in Persia
  • Ashantee War Chief
  • Ashantee Priests
  • The Ganges
  • Midsummer's Eve
  • Drunkenness
  • Singing Customs among the Jews
  • Jealousy of the West India Whites
  • The Morgue, at Paris
  • Indian Children
  • Catching Quails in Persia
  • An Icelander's Hut
  • Singular Ceremonies amoung the Circassians

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