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CONTENTS.
I. DINNER-TIME
II. MY CHATEAUX
III. SEA FROM SHORE
IV. TITBOTTOM'S SPECTACLES
V. A CRUISE IN THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
VI. FAMILY PORTRAITS
VII. OUR COUSIN THE CURATE
DINNER-TIME.
"Within this hour it will be dinner-time;
I'll view the manners of the town,
Peruse the traders, gaze upon the buildings."
_Comedy of Errors_.
In the warm afternoons of the early summer, it is my pleasure to
stroll about Washington Square and along the Fifth Avenue, at the hour
when the diners-out are hurrying to the tables of the wealthy and
refined. I gaze with placid delight upon the cheerful expanse of white
waistcoat that illumes those streets at that hour, and mark the
variety of emotions that swell beneath all that purity. A man going
out to dine has a singular cheerfulness of aspect. Except for his
gloves, which fit so well, and which he has carefully buttoned, that
he may not make an awkward pause in the hall of his friend's house, I
am sure he would search his pocket for a cent to give the wan beggar
at the corner. It is impossible just now, my dear woman; but God bless
you!
It is pleasant to consider that simple suit of black.
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