The bright side of humanity; glimpses of life in every land (1900)
Pell, Edward Leigh, 1861- [from old catalog] · Richmond, Va., The B. F. Johnson publishing co · leaf 97
ion ceased designating the trout bythe old name Forelle. The Gypsies are by no means a dull or unreceptive people.Many of them have great natural shrewdness, though, exceptas musicians, few of them have ever attained to much celebrity.Dr. Gordon, a clergyman of the Church of Scotland, wasunderstood… … VII. IN SUNNY ITALY. Italy is associated in the popular mind with insincerityand daggers. One thinks of genteel, courtly brigands and thefour thousand murders which they are said to commit everyyear. Italy, says an old writer, is the prime climate ofCompliment, which oftentimes puts such a large…
Ethnology · Manners and customs · Temperament
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