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JOHN BULL, LIMITED

Written by George W. Hills
Published by Regent Publishing Co.

£ 20.00 Photo of JOHN BULL, LIMITED- Stock Number: 1820471

JOHN BULL, LIMITED
Written by George W. Hills.
Stock no. 1820471
Hardback. Almost very good condition.

Travels around the United Kingdom. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w plates. Rear board a little scuffed, spine slightly faded, titles bright. Corners lightly worn. Name in ink to front endpaper. Annotations in biro to rear endpaper. A few scattered foxspots. All plates present.

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Front cover

Cover of JOHN BULL, LIMITED by George W. Hills

Contents

  • Chapter 1
  • An Ocean Voyage, Comparison of Trans-Atlantic Liners. English Weather
  • Chapter II
  • The London Bus. Soft-Coal Smoke and Fog. An English Sunday. Waterloo, the Irish, and British Brag
  • Chapter III
  • Germany vs. England. A Ryny Dye. The Tower and a Fable. Scotch Thrift. Westminster Abbey. Story of teh Donkey Shay
  • Chapter IV
  • English Youth, Maid Servants, and "Clawsses". Woman's Place Abroad. The Cat's-Meat Man. Dog's Cemetery. A Queenstown Letter
  • Chapter V
  • Waits and Carols. The Menace of Labor. Official Red Tape. Ducal Landlords. Titled American Brides. British "Aristocracy"
  • Chapter VI
  • Tourist Hand-Book. English and German Beds. Weather, Landladies, and Bath-Tubs. Bachelor Life in a French Convent. The English "Fourth"
  • Chapter VII
  • The Mighty Thames. Ohio Girls in London. "English As She is Spoke." Queer Clippings from the London Newspapers
  • Chapter VIII
  • Comparison of English and American Wages. Whitsun-Tide. A Bit of Wales. York, Old Chester, and the Roman Wall. Midland Dialects
  • Chapter IX
  • A Well-Spent Shilling. English Railways. The Goose Muriel. American Village in Manchester. John Bull and his Crematorium
  • Chapter X
  • English Egotism. Some Characteristic Post-Cards. A Social Evening. A London Sabbath and trip to Colorado. Metropolitan Rambles
  • Chapter XI
  • Railway and River Excursions. Quaint Village Names. England a Paradise for Negroes. Sailing of teh "May-flower." The New Forest
  • Chapter XII
  • Americans as "Aliens." Tea and Scotch. Law of Private Domain. Monument to George Washington. Tale of A Shirt. "Bobs"
  • Chapter XIII
  • Bubble and Squeak, Heavenly Hash, and Trifle. South Coast and Isle of Wight. A Bathing Episode. An Irish Princess. The Pig that Saw New York