| A Society Clown: Reminiscences Contributor(s): Grossmith, George (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798709987067 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $10.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - History |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.58 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It was one dark, dank, dreary, dismal night in February, 1888 (I believe that is the way to commence a book, no matter what the subject be), when the present writer might have been seen standing, with other gentlemen, in a sombre dining-room brilliantly illuminated with one ceiling-lamp buried in a deep red shade. We were stand-ing round the dining-room table, each with a dinner-napkin in the left hand; while the right hand was occu-pied in moving back chairs, to permit of the departure of the ladies for the drawing-room. I could not help thinking that, as they filed off, the ladies looked like queens; while we (especially with the aid of the serviettes) looked like waiters. The gentlemen drew their chairs round the host, and wine was languidly passed round. A tall gentleman, with a heavy beard, to whom I had not been introduced, approached me, and sat by my side. He passed me the spirit-lamp, for which I thanked him while lighting my cigarette. He then commenced a conversation in earnest. |