Recollections and Anecdotes; being a second series of Reminiscences of the Camp, the Court, and the Clubs. by Captain Rees Howell Gronow

Author:Captain Rees Howell Gronow [Gronow, Captain Rees Howell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781908692658
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Publisher: Wagram Press
Published: 2011-04-27T00:00:00+00:00

I am really almost ashamed to repeat this absurd story; but many persons now alive can remember the strong belief in the existence of the pig-faced lady which prevailed in the public mind at the time of which I speak. The shops were full of caricatures of the pig-faced lady, in a poke bonnet and large veil, with “A pig in a poke” written underneath the print. Another sketch represented Sir William Elliot’s misadventure, and was entitled, “Beware the pigsty.”

BALZAC AND EUGÈNE SUE— It has been my good fortune, during the many years I have lived in Paris, to meet some remarkable characters, among whom I should wish particularly to name, the celebrated novelists Balzac, Eugène Sue, and Dumas.

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