An American man of letters rambles through a dozen favourite subjects: old inns and their keepers, authors and their habits, picture collecting, doctors, holidays, lawyers, actors, preachers, newspapers and the monuments of the dead. Each paper strings together anecdotes and comparisons from English and American life, and the London edition comes with an introduction by Dr. John Doran.
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