{"product_id":"2940170058525","title":"Faces and Places","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFaces and Places\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of articles on nineteenth century travel, events and personalities by the British journalist Henry Lucy, who wrote for the Daily News, a London newspaper. His open letter \u003cem\u003eTo Those About to Become Journalists\u003c\/em\u003e rings as true today as when it was written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first article, \u003cem\u003e\"Fred\" Burnaby\u003c\/em\u003e, includes a lively account of a balloon trip, while \u003cem\u003eNight and Day on the Cars in Canada\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEaster on Les Avants\u003c\/em\u003e relate Lucy's experiences of rail travel at that time. Other travel tales (\u003cem\u003eA Night on a Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMosquitoes and Monaco\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOysters and Arcachon\u003c\/em\u003e) provide an insight into the Victorian Englishman's attitude to Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree of the pieces, \u003cem\u003eWith Peggotty and Ham\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Cinque Port\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eChristmas Eve at Watts's\u003c\/em\u003e, concern the county of Kent, where Lucy had a country house. \u003cem\u003eChristmas Eve at Watts's\u003c\/em\u003e contains an interesting exposé of Dickens' short story \u003cem\u003eThe Seven Poor Travellers\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther articles are of historical interest: \u003cem\u003eA Wreck in the North Sea\u003c\/em\u003e is an account of the wreck of the ship \"Deutschland\" in 1875; \u003cem\u003eA Historic Crowd\u003c\/em\u003e describes the massive popular interest in the 1871 trial of the Tichborne Claimant; \u003cem\u003eThe Battle of Merthyr\u003c\/em\u003e contains an eye-witness account of the Merthyr Riots of 1831; \u003cem\u003eThe Prince of Wales\u003c\/em\u003e paints a portrait of the future King Edward VII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucy, who also wrote as \"Toby, M.P.\" for the satirical magazine Punch, loved to poke gentle fun, particularly at the establishment, and this is especially evident in \u003cem\u003eA Peep at an Old House of Commons\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSome Preachers I Have Known\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis eclectic collection, mostly affectionately humorous, but with moments of great pathos, was originally published in 1892 in The Whitefriars Library of Wit amp; Humour.(Summary by Ruth Golding)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"DISCOS PALMAS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115052253424,"sku":"2940170058525","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170058525_p0.jpg?v=1772801711","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170058525","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}