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Hamilton, Frederick Spencer, Lord, 1856-1928

"The Days Before Yesterday"


Hatchell--A novel prescription--Visit of King Edward--Gorgeous
ceremonial, but a chilly drive--An anecdote of Queen Alexandra
CHAPTER IV
Chittenden's--A wonderful teacher--My personal experiences as a
schoolmaster--My "boys in blue"--My unfortunate garments--A "brave
Belge"--The model boy, and his name--A Spartan regime--"The Three
Sundays"--Novel religious observances--Harrow--"John Smith of
Harrow"--"Tommy"--Steele--"Tosher"--An ingenious punishment--John
Farmer--His methods--The birth of a famous song--Harrow school
songs--"Ducker"--The "Curse of Versatility"--Advancing old age--
The race between three brothers--A family failing--My father's
race at sixty-four--My own--A most acrimonious dispute at Rome--
Harrow after fifty years
CHAPTER V
Mme. Ducros--A Southern French country town--"Tartarin de
Tarascon"--His prototypes at Nyons--M. Sisteron the roysterer--The
Southern French--An octogenarian pasteur--French industry--"Bone-
shakers"--A wonderful "Cordon-bleu"--"Slop-basin"--French legal
procedure--The bons-vivants--The merry French judges--La gaiete
francaise--Delightful excursions--Some sleepy old towns--Oronge
and Avignon--M.


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