Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ...however, that the travellers were most deeply impressed with the beneficial effects of the Revolution. "The joyful effects of liberty and equality were visible in the absence of lazy priests, and of lounging officers. There was no detention at its gates. A wooden bench in one of the streets was pointed out to them, where judges sat to try criminals 'that all their fellow citizens might testify to the justice of their sentences.'" They were fortunate in their friend Mr. Pasteur, who did the honours of Geneva to them, and pressed them heartily to prolong their stay. The meteor of the hour then was Prince Edward, the fourth son of George IV., afterwards Duke of Kent, the Queen's father, who was placed there with a tutor. The young Prince was not a model of republican simplicity. He was entertaining the inhabitants with splendid concerts, at which he favoured them with his own musical performances, and he was spending with royal extravagance. The appearance of the women of Geneva, the wives and daughters of the citizens, greatly pleased Mr. Morgan. He commends their dress. "They wear no stays, they daub themselves with no paint, the dancing master has not distorted their limbs, and every part of their dress appears to the best advantage, for it obviously appears to answer some useful purpose." The formal dress and behaviour of the children in France on the other hand had greatly amused the travellers, and are described by Mr. Morgan for the " entertainment of dear Sarah and George at home." "If they lived in France," they are told, " they would be dressed like the finest ladies and gentlemen they ever saw. Miss Sarah would strut along with a large roll on her head, with her locks frizzled and...
