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The Days Before Yesterday
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The Public has given so kindly a reception to The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday (a reception which took its author wholly by surprise), that I have ex tracted some further reminiscences from the lumber room of recollections. Those who expect startling revelations, or stale whiffs of forgotten scandals in these pages, will, I fear, be disappointed, for the book contains neither. It is merely a record of everyday events, covering different ground to those recounted in the former book, which may, or may not, prove of interest. I must tender my apologies for the insistent recurrence of the first person sin gular; in a book of this description this is difficult to.
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The Public has given so kindly a reception to The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday (a reception which took its author wholly by surprise), that I have ex tracted some further reminiscences from the lumber room of recollections. Those who expect startling revelations, or stale whiffs of forgotten scandals in these pages, will, I fear, be disappointed, for the book contains neither. It is merely a record of everyday events, covering different ground to those recounted in the former book, which may, or may not, prove of interest. I must tender my apologies for the insistent recurrence of the first person sin gular; in a book of this description this is difficult to.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
367 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1920
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Frederick Spencer Hamilton
37 books4 followersLord Frederick Spencer Hamilton was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, the sixth son of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn and Lady Louisa Jane Russell.
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February 28, 2008
Frederick Hamilton wrote two very good memoirs, The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday, and The Day Before Yesterday. His third memoir, Here, There, and Everywhere is not quite so good but is still solid.
Frederick's brother Ernest also wrote a trio of memoirs, and Ernest's book The Halcyon Era: A Rambling Reverie of Now and Then, is quite good. Ernest's other two memoirs, Old Days and New, and Forty Years On, are also good but not quite as good as the Halcyon Era.
Frederick's brother Ernest also wrote a trio of memoirs, and Ernest's book The Halcyon Era: A Rambling Reverie of Now and Then, is quite good. Ernest's other two memoirs, Old Days and New, and Forty Years On, are also good but not quite as good as the Halcyon Era.
May 3, 2013
Very pleasant reflections on an aristocratic childhood and youth in the early Victorian years. It feels like spending an afternoon with a pleasant, mild, cultured old man. It lacks the exciting parts of "The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday," his first memoir, containing his best stories from decades in the Foreign Service, so I'd recommend starting there. If you find yourself liking Hamilton personally, as you probably will, then definitely continue with "The Days Before Yesterday."
October 28, 2010
Interesting and well written memoir of life in the 1860s and 1870s from a front line seat.
December 31, 2023
I have the 3 Volume 1931 edition by Hodder and Stoughton procured from Juniper Bookstore in Windsor.
The story of Mrs Montagu (street and Square are named after her) and how she got back are kidnapped son, who fell down the chimney as a chimney sweeper and realised it was his home.
Hamilton's maternal uncle was Lord John Russell, grandfather of Bertrand Russell.
He states original Cinderella had rabbit fur shoes and the translator's error turned it into glass. From pantoufles de vair it became verre.
The Bourbon monarchy could have returned to France around 1874 but thanks to the pigheadedness of Comte De Chambord, for refusing to accept the tricolour as the national flag.
Bowdlerized apparently comes from Thomas Bowlder who published an expurgated version of Shakespeare. The same goes with Captain Boycott, the Irish land agent.
In 1884 he visited Ontario and Quebec. And talks about Dufferin Terrace and the Citadel of Quebec. He worked for Lord Dufferin.
The story of Mrs Montagu (street and Square are named after her) and how she got back are kidnapped son, who fell down the chimney as a chimney sweeper and realised it was his home.
Hamilton's maternal uncle was Lord John Russell, grandfather of Bertrand Russell.
He states original Cinderella had rabbit fur shoes and the translator's error turned it into glass. From pantoufles de vair it became verre.
The Bourbon monarchy could have returned to France around 1874 but thanks to the pigheadedness of Comte De Chambord, for refusing to accept the tricolour as the national flag.
Bowdlerized apparently comes from Thomas Bowlder who published an expurgated version of Shakespeare. The same goes with Captain Boycott, the Irish land agent.
In 1884 he visited Ontario and Quebec. And talks about Dufferin Terrace and the Citadel of Quebec. He worked for Lord Dufferin.
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