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..., a great-coat, and a lantern borrowed from the stables, passed across the stage bawling out, as if warning the inhabitants of the hour. In the lower ... ...The music rises and whistles louder and louder; the mariners go across the stage staggering, as if the ship was in severe motion. The Steward (the Hon... ... to be famous in those days, and which Mr. Wagg transferred to the English stage as an opera, putting his verse, of which he was a skilful writer, to ... ...al, and was waiting for her husband in the adjoining dining-room, with fe- male instinct, auguring evil. The door of the dining-room hap- pened to be ... ...ed all the principal theatres of the metropolis; knew the names of all the actors from Drury Lane to Sadler’s Wells; and performed, indeed, many of th... ...daughters even, may remember how uncommonly agreeable gentlemen are to the male relations when they are courting the females; and per- 83 Thackeray h... ...n, and whether they was fit to sit on a box before a lady?” Jos’s friends, male and female, suddenly became interested about Emmy, and cards of condol... ...to read an authentic de- scription of vice than a truly refined English or American fe- male will permit the word breeches to be pronounced in her cha...

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...e said, one only daughter. His wife dying in 1670, and leaving him without male children, he determined, however much he might be afflicted at the los... ...ney, created Peer of France in 1581. It was a peerage which, in default of male successors, went to the female, but this descendant was not heir to it... ...a few years after. The King at this time drove away the company of Italian actors, and would not permit another in its place. So long as the Italians ... ...mit another in its place. So long as the Italians had simply allowed their stage to overflow with filth or impiety they only caused laughter; but they... ...ged by the Noailles, played the prin- cipal characters in very magnificent stage dresses. Baron, the excellent old actor, instructed them and played w... ... a very singular piece called “Electra,” which was played on a magnificent stage erected in Madame de Conti’s house, and all the Court flocked sev- er... ...inals gave rise to. The Bouillons wished to be recognised as descended, by male issue, of the Counts of Auvergne, and to claim all kinds of distinctio... ...d there and laughed at them. She herself played there Athalie (assisted by actors and actresses) and other pieces several times a week. Whole nights w... ...whose permanent reign did not last less than thirty-two years? Born in the American islands, where her father, perhaps a gentleman, had gone to seek h...

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...pending nearly half of it as mistress of a school. Her father was the last male of the Dynevors of Cheveleigh—a family mounting up to the days of the ... ...upon her abilities as maid- of-all-work, in her mother’s difficulties with male house- maids—black and brown—and washerwomen who rode on horseback in ... ...n of the process, produc- ing from his pocket, papers of the ore, in every stage of manu- facture, and twisting them up so carelessly, that they would... ...by a manufacture of Alpaca umbrellas. Meantime, he must show the beautiful American ducks which he hoped to naturalize on the pond near the keeper’s l... ...ratic oratory, public-houses, and fond- ness for bad company and strolling actors. Meek and easily cowed, Charlotte only opened her lips to say she kn... ... far more effective than anything that Lady Conway could accomplish on the stage. Miss King and the Miss Faithfulls found each other out at once, and ... ...el roused herself to say that tableaux were very dull work to all save the actors, and soon were mere weariness to them. Her stepmother told her she h... ...5 Yo n g e ‘No, indeed! Is he not a clever fellow? He has just reached the stage of civilization that breaks out in dictionary words. I have been, in ... ... he could hardly answer it to him- self that she should remain without any male protector. ‘Oh yes, pray remain to defend her,’ said Louis, much amuse...

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...is armchair and stroking his chin with the gesture common to valets on the stage, mathematicians, and priests,—a sign of profound meditation on a prob... ...est not quite those of a porter, but solid. You are what I call an elegant male brunette. Your face is of the style Louis XII., hardly any color, well... ...trious Admiral de Portenduere in the house of that excellent Mon- sieur de Malesherbes, and also in that of Monsieur le Comte de Buffon, who was anxio... ... three thousand francs, a gift from Havana, which city, at the time of the American War of Independence, he had protected from an attack by the Britis... ...ed towards Montargis, where there happened then to be a com- pany of comic actors. A loud and ringing voice called out as they left: “To the daughter ...

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...disconsolate tone in which you bade me farewell at Noble House, [The first stage on the road from Edinburgh to Dumfries via Moffat.] and mounted your ... ...s, and bread eaten in secret. There was no mistaking the profession of the male and female, who were partners with Benjie in these merry do- ings. The... ... in a man’s hat, a blue coat, which seemed also to have been an article of male ap- parel, and a red petticoat. She was cleaner, in person and in clot... ...rance of the old woman whom the laird had termed Mabel; Cristal Nixon, his male attendant; and the young person who had said grace to us when I supped... ...I NARRATIVE The advantage of laying before the reader, in the words of the actors themselves, the adventures which we must other- wise have narrated i... ...hough many accused him of conceit in presuming to undertake, at this early stage of his practice, a case of considerable difficulty. But Alan, notwith... ... it as an idle tale. I little thought how nearly I was inter- ested in the actors of a scene so daring. How could you have courage to go through with ... ..., or that caprice which so of- ten tempts painters and musicians and great actors, in the phrase of the latter, to walk through their part, instead of... ...ght is by no means an improb- able fiction. Shortly after the close of the American war, Sir James Graham of Netherby constructed a dam-dyke, or cauld...

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...d he was the only gentleman so engaged, except the two clergymen—the other male teachers being a formal, grave, little baker, and one or two monitors.... ... own brother. It was believed that the Alcestis was destined for the South American station. “A three years’ business,” said Dr. May, with a sigh. “Bu... ...es, joys, and incen- tives shone out more and more upon her in this blithe stage 281 Yo n g e of her life. She knew there was a dark side, but hope a... ...r surprise is likely to be very much like Blanche’s birth- day presents, a stage aside.” “No, I am going to keep it to myself.” T wo or three days aft... ...hinking Cocksmoor was the excuse!” “Spectators are more philosophical than actors, Ethel. Oth- ers have not been tying parcels all day.” “I had rather... ...le plump arms, her eyes grew wide with wonder, and she felt, at least, two stages nearer womanhood. Flora had omitted no one. There was a Paris presen... ...ut in a way that seemed to have called for the reproof of the more earnest actors. “Ethel! Ethel!” screamed the children, with one voice, and, while t... ...e enough, and they saw our signal of distress!” The vessel proved to be an American whaler, which had just parted with her cargo to a homeward bound s... ... hunt him up.” Flora supposed he meant a directory; and all possible South American merchants having been overlooked, and the Mack- intoshes selected,...

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... of women when she learns that she has destroyed the peace of mind of some male victim, there was a hard, haggard expression in Julie’s face—a look of... ... the carriage as escort. At nightfall, as they changed horses for the last stage before Blois, Julie grew uneasy. All the way from Amboise she had hea... ...ly.” 65 Balzac “Such devotion would be highly creditable to one of us old stagers; but Lord Grenville was a youngster and—an En- glishman. Englishmen... ...s countenance and to play an actor’s part. They know the side-scenes where actors may retire to calculate chances, shed their tears, or pass their jes... ...system. Italy at any rate is the land of sharp contrasts. Woman there is a malevolent animal, a dangerous unreasoning siren, guided only by her tastes... ...ich even in our literature we affect to hold this land of ours, and poured maledictions on the pitiable plutocrats who fall out of love with fair Fran... ...s of him; but a few days before Spain recog- nized the independence of the American Republics, he wrote that he was coming home. 141 Balzac So, one f... ...rcelain vases painted by Madame Jacotot; tiny South 150 A Woman of Thirty American birds, like living rubies, sapphires, and gold, hov- ered among th... ...ne had tasted danger without shrinking; how could she return to the pretty stage, the superficial circumscribed life of society? It was the captain wh...

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...tion by Charles Dickens A publication of PSU s Electronic Classics Series American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens is a publicati... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvan... ...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity University. American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens PREFACE TO THE FI... ...rom its roof. In the gallery opposite to the pulpit were a little choir of male and female singers, a violoncello, and a violin. The preacher already ... ...hat all the great sights are somewhere else. If a lady take a fancy to any male passenger’s seat, the gentleman who accompanies her gives him notice o... ...there are the boughs, and trunks, and stumps of trees, in every pos sible stage of decay, decomposition, and neglect. Now you emerge for a few brief ... ...ly into her own bed chamber. In another part of the building, there was a male pa tient in bed; very much flushed and heated. ‘Well,’ said he, start... ...where there was certainly greater politeness exhibited than at most of our stage coach banquets. At about nine o’clock we arrived at the railroad stat... ...s nobody there. To my horror and amazement it is full of sleepers in every stage, shape, attitude, and variety of slumber: in the berths, on the chair...

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... is usually a drawn game. After that, the performer instantly departs with male dictory expressions, and is never heard of more. But the most wonderf... ...ose that between the T orrid Zone and the North Pole there are to be found male dancers with such astonishingly loose legs, fur nished with so many j... ..., git along with you, Sir, if you please; me and Mrs. Bigby don’t want no male parties here!’ That female was Mrs. Prodgit. I immediately withdrew, o... ... ashington Irv ing and Benjamin Franklin may have put it in my head by an American association of ideas; but there I was, and the Horse shoe Fall was... ...ast—unless it were always the same beast, in which case it would be a mere stage show, which the same public would go in the same state of mind to see... ...iled or sat upon, would be at all diverted by such an oc currence off the stage. Nor is the decent workman in the gallery, who is transported beyond ... ...ry vulnerable baby at home, greatly relishing the invulnerable baby on the stage, so in the Cremorne reality I can understand the mason who is always ... ...gateway in their uniforms, as if they had locked up all the balance (as my American friends would say) of the inhabitants, and could now rest a little... ...nces are obvious. The leather trade will be ruined, by the introduction of American timber, to be manufactured into shoes for the fallen English; the ...

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...than all her begging. If the great Daniel Connolly did not appear upon his stage tonight, his audience would clamor for a refund. And the shame of... ... so loud until it all but drowned out the haunting voice that rose from the stage. Morgan brushed and folded her father’s costume and lay it in the ... ...d the letter deep into her pocket and hurried from the room. High above the stage, amid the riggings and the cables, she found a perch on the catwal... ...ing as he crashed against it. “No, Daniel! It’s not...” she heard another male voice call out. “Don’t stop him. Let him save her. It may be jus... ...bout making the arrangements already. We believe if you were married to an American citizen— “ He exploded. “Married? You must be mad. I’ve bar... ...t been?” “My name is Falkner. And I’ve been here long enough to know how Americans treat intruders.” The man was as tall as Daniel, and block s... ...y realistic look to them. At the same time, they call to mind a distinctly American spirit.” “It must have cost a fortune.” “It did. But worth ... ...to step into the role. The director and the crew were on payroll, half the actors on contract, just waitin’ for Helene. I dragged my feet cancelli... ... “Specifically, Danny, the female audience should want to identify, and the male audience should want to ravish. Morgan has the aptitude to send ev...

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...Excerpt: Volume I. Preface: Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of ?The Ambassadors,? which first appeared in twelve numbers of The North American Review (1903) and was published as a whole the same year. The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader?s benefit, into as few words as possible-- planted ...

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... of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of The North American Review (1903) and was published as a whole the same year. The situ... ... for expression of its maximum, my glim- mering story was, at the earliest stage, to have nipped the thread of connexion with the possibilities of the... ...estions that the “story,” with the omens true, as I say, puts on from this stage the authen- ticity of concrete existence. It then is, essentially—it ... ... happy luck of mere finding has little to do. The joys of finding, at this stage, are pretty well over; that quest of the subject as a whole by “match... ...“arranged for”; its first appearance was from month to month, in the North American Review during 1903, and I had been open from far back to any pleas... ...sibly a question of Mr. Waymarsh of Milrose Connecti- cut—Mr. Waymarsh the American lawyer. “Oh yes,” he replied, “my very well-known friend. He’s to ... ...hat matter, it had begun to seem to him that there must only have been the male and the female. These made two exactly, even with the individual varie... ...ut of it, with his “home,” as Strether figured the place, in the Boulevard Malesherbes; which was perhaps why, re- pairing, not to fail of justice eit... ...actual business half an hour later was with a third floor on the Boulevard Malesherbes—so much as that was definite; and the fact of the enjoyment by ...

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...p- tain, is it permitted to come on board?’ were the first words we heard among the islands. Canoe followed canoe till the ship swarmed with stalwart,... ... spoke no language. ‘Mais, vous savez,’ objected the fair sentimentalist; ‘Ils apprennent si vite l’Anglais!’ But to be able to speak to people is not... ...of the catch; and I think we may go beyond, and say, that if such a population could be isolated, and this mispronunciation should become the rule, it... ...there dwelt an old, melancholy, grizzled man of the name of Tari (Charlie) Coffin. He was a native of Oahu, in the Sandwich Islands; and had gone to s... ...id, is uppermost in the mind of the Marquesan. It would be strange if it were oth- erwise. The race is perhaps the handsomest extant. Six feet is abou... ...ey of Hapaa, known to readers of Herman Melville under the grotesque misspell- ing of Hapar. There are but two writers who have touched the South Seas... ...candid, almost innocent, description of a Russian man-of-war at the Marquesas; consider the disgraceful history of missions in Hawaii itself, where (i... ...tted. They must not sit on the paepae; they must not go up to it by the stair; they must not eat pork; they must not approach a boat; they must not co... ...e bell agoing in the small belfry; and the faithful, who were not very numerous, gathered to prayers. I was once present: it was the Lord’s day, and s...

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...ee months spent there in the spring of 1879. Like “Roderick” and like “The American,” it had been designed for publication in The Atlantic Monthly, wh... ...te history of the business—of retrac- ing and reconstructing its steps and stages. I have al- ways fondly remembered a remark that I heard fall years ... ...n short, on the consciousness of your heroine’s satellites, especially the male; make it an interest contributive only to the greater one. See, at all... ...e eigh- teenth century, it had passed into the careful keeping of a shrewd American banker, who had bought it originally because (owing to circumstanc... ... thirty years before, had brought with him, at the top of his baggage, his American physiognomy; and he had not only brought it with him, but he had k... ...ceive nothing irregular in the situation. It had become clear, at an early stage of their community, that they should never desire the same thing at t... ... had better not marry their cousins. Another is that people in an advanced stage of pulmonary disorder had better not marry at all.” The old man raise... ...ained for some days a mystery. Isabel remembered perfectly the neat little male child whose hair smelt of a delicious cos- metic and who had a bonne a... ... deplorable degree the quality known and esteemed in the appearance of fe- males as style; and that if she is dressed with great fresh- ness she wears...

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...the port, who followed the East and West Indian, the African and the South American trade, it was supposed that this odd philosopher was in the habit ... ... a sixpence and shakes his horse whip at him. Had the grim Doctor been an American, he might have had the vast antipathy to rank, without the trace o... ...n his infancy and youth. He was a gem of coarse texture, just hewn out. An American with a like education would more likely have gained a certain fine... ...inly were not so cautiously whispered but they occasionally did do so. The male remarks, indeed, generally died away in the throats that uttered them;... ..., that, had they been younger and prettier, they would have fared worse. A male emissary, who was ad mitted on the supposition of his being a patient... ...s which we are apt to associate with a noiseless tread and movement in the male sex. The sunshine came through the ivy and glim mered upon his great ... ...s singularly delicate) ought to have borne. Once in a long while the weary actors in the headlong drama of life must have such repose or else go mad o... ...ut a by inci dent, a slight refreshment, to enable him to pass the midway stage of life. It is an excellent thing to see the faith of a hearty Englis... ...id Redclyffe; “but it is none the less cer tain to me, that the efficient actors—those who mould the world—are the persons in whom something else is ...

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...cks was very red, the mangle with its put-up board was white-scrubbed, the American oil-cloth on the table had a gay pattern, there was a warm fire, t... ...ritish Government,” and “bad for the people—good for the people,” made him malevolently angry. The doctor was nonplussed for a moment. Then he gath- ... ...o quiet, they had the dangerous impassivity of the Bohemian, Pari- sian or American rather than English. “Cigarette, Julia?” said Robert to his wife. ... ...g; our story continues by night. The box was large and important, near the stage. Josephine and Julia were there, with Robert and Jim—also two more me... ... as impossible to be there without some feeling of horror at the sight the stage presents. Josephine leaned her elbow and looked down: she knew how ar... ...ing that proud, rather stiff bend of her head was. She had some aboriginal American in her blood. But as she looked, she pursed her mouth. The artist ... ..., and looked like a eunuch. This fattish, emasculated look seems common in stage he- roes—even the extremely popular. The tenor sang bravely, his mout... ... can’t stand it that Robert offers to hand her into the taxi.” He gave his malevolent grin round the company, then went out. He did not reappear for t... ... answer. “Did you ever keep count?” Tanny persisted. Jim looked up at her, malevolent. “I believe I did,” he replied. “Forty is the age when a man sho...

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...downward grimace, the necessitated wrinkles of which could be stretched by malevolence to a semblance of haughty dis- gust; reminding us, through our ... ...f the un- folding of that secret was brilliant to his eyes as a scene on a stage. He refused to feel any sensible bruise on his head, with the admissi... ...nted by the shopkeeper, while the attendants climbed the ladder to up- per stages for white-waistcoat boxes, on his being; the first bird of the seaso... ... the key, this way the cupboard, of the supplies, their fuel. According to Stage directions, The Rajah and His Minister Enter a Gin-Palace.—It is to w... ... a short utterance between the nuptial two, of whom the unshamed exuberant male has found the sweet reverse in his mate, a 97 George Meredith haven o... ...g in my service an inveterate pugilist—who breaks the law from patriotism! Male or fe- male, these very respectable persons—the people your show was m... ... He thanked heaven to his wife often, that he had nothing to do with North American or South American mines and pastures or with South Africa and, gol... ...and in- structed Germans not deviously march; whom acute and ad- venturous Americans, with half a cock of the eye in passing, compassionately outstrip... ...nt of commercial matters: rivalries of Banks; Foreign and Municipal Loans, American Rails, and Argen- tine; new Companies of wholesome appearance or s...

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...ve been travelling along, stupidly enough, as you generally do in the last stage of the day; and the ninety six bells upon the horses—twenty four apie... ...d you have been thinking deeply about the dinner you will have at the next stage; when, down at the end of the long avenue of trees through which you ... ...t sellers; there, the shoe makers. The whole place looks as if it were the stage of some great theatre, and the curtain had just run up, for a picture... ...ONS of such a place as Albaro, the suburb of Genoa, where I am now, as my American friends would say, ‘located,’ can hardly fail, I should imagine, t... ...sed to view a little wooden doll, in face very like General Tom Thumb, the American Dwarf: gorgeously dressed in satin and gold lace, and actually bla... ...te Campagna in one direc tion, where it was most level, reminded me of an American prairie; but what is the solitude of a region where men have never... ...tared at again, without let or hindrance. The body of the room was full of male strangers; the crowd immense; the heat very great; and the pressure so... ...s to remind them that he took the money. The majority were country people, male and female. There were four or five Jesuit priests, however, and some ... ...is very high) then rose up, and stretched out its tiny arms, while all the male spectators in the square uncovered, and some, but not by any means the...

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...em look abroad and contemplate the scenes which were enacting around them. Stage coaches were upsetting in all directions, horses were bolting, boats ... ... of the covers. ‘Soles, Sir.’ ‘Soles—ah!—capital fish—all come from London stage coach proprietors get up political dinners—carriage of soles— dozens... ...s of Mr. Pickwick. That gentleman had gradually passed through the various stages which precede the lethargy produced by dinner, and its con sequence... ...en men hang about the stage of a large establishment—not regularly engaged actors, but ballet people, procession men, tumblers, and so forth, who are ... ...articles in requisition, while a couple of large headed, circular visaged males rose from their seats in the chimney corner (for although it was a Ma... ...lar wagrants there; trust ‘em, they knows better than that. Young beggars, male and female, as hasn’t made a rise in their profession, takes up their ... ...onclusion, when a window above stairs was thrown up, and three or four fe male voices repeated the query—’Who’s there?’ Mr. Pickwick dared not move h... ...f steps, leading to the house door, which was guarded on either side by an American aloe in a green tub, the sedan chair stopped. Mr. Pickwick and his... ...turn both Mr. Jingle and his attendant, down the flight of steps, into the American aloe tubs that stood beneath. ‘Having discharged my duty, Sir,’ sa...

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... one profession, the one decent profession, I mean, for a woman—except the stage—is teaching, and there we trample on one another. Everywhere else—the... ... is. In all the species of animals the females are more important than the males; the males have to please them. Look at the cock’s feathers, look at ... ...d oxen and things all have to fight for us, everywhere. Only in man is the male made the most impor- tant. And that happens through our maternity; it’... ...al conquering the essential. Originally in the first animals there were no males, none at all. It has been proved. Then they appear among the lower th... ...said Ann Veronica. “It has been proved,” said Miss Miniver, and added, “by American professors.” “But how did they prove it?” “By science,” said Miss ... ...the profession.” “Oh!” said Ann V eronica. “I thought they made knights of actors?” “They may of Hal some day,” said Gwen. “But it’s a long business.”... ...rs. Warren’s Profession furtively with Hetty Widgett from the gallery of a Stage Society performance one Mon- day afternoon. Most of it had been incom... ...ean to fight this through if I possibly can.” “My God!” said Manning, in a stage-aside. “Earning a salary!” 99 H. G . Wells “You’re like a Princess i...

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...ad of his brother of the steerage is one altogether of sentiment. In the steerage there are males and females; in the second cabin ladies and gentleme... ...second cabin ladies and gentlemen. For some time after I came aboard I thought I was only a male; but in the course of a voyage of discovery between d... ...learned that I was still a gentleman. Nobody knew it, of course. I was lost in the crowd of males and females, and rigorously confined to the same qua... ... who deserve a special word of condemnation. One of them was Scots; the other claimed to be American; admitted, after some fencing, that he was born i... ...ne, for instance, the composition of which he had bought years ago for five dollars from an American pedlar, and sold the other day for a hundred poun... ...ead break in the course of our enjoyment. STEERAGE TYPES WE HAD A FELLOW on board, an Irish-American, for all the world like a beggar in a print by Ca... ...d the lower; and I wish some one would continue my experiment, and find out exactly at what stage of toilette a man becomes invisible to the well-regu... ...seemed to lose all interest in the result. 80 Essays of Travel Wendover (which was my next stage) lies in the same val- ley with Great Missenden, but... ...l clock, as marking the advance of the abstraction, time, makes a more humorous business of stage-coaching than we are used to see it. As far as the e...