Other editions of book 'Ask Mamma', or The Richest Commoner in England

Series; Subscription edition. Physical description; x,412p.,[13] leaves of plates (some col.) : ill.. ; 8vo. Notes; Originally published in 13 parts between March 1857 and April 1858; published in one volume by Bradbury and Evans in April 1858. Preface dated 1858. With a half-title. Subjects; Fox hunting - England - Humor. Great Britain - Social life and customs - 19th century - Humor. Genres; Bookplates - England - 1970-1988. Goatskin half bindings - England - 1858. Hand-coloured steel-engraved frontispieces (illustrations) - England - 1858. Hand-coloured steel-engravings - England - 1858. Marbled papers - England - 1858. Novels - England - 1858. Sprinkled edges - England - 1858. Wood engravings (prints) - England - 1858. Wood-engraved initials (layout features) - England - 1858.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...can do nothing--being rather in favour of Mrs. Yammerton's detaining him. It was not known that Monsieur Rougier had arrived. The mighty problem was at length solved by the Richest Commoner in England appearing among them and making the usual gyrations peculiar to an introduction. He was then at liberty for ever after to nod or speak or shake hands with or bow to Mr. George and Mr. Henry Waggett, of Kitteridge Green, both five-and-twenty pound subscribers to the Hit-im and Hold-im shire hounds, to Mr. Stephen Booty, of Verbena Lodge, who gave ten pounds and a cover, to Mr. Silverthorn, of Dryfield, who didn't give anything, but who had two very good covers which he had been hinting he should require to be paid for,--a hint that had procured him the present invitation, to Mr. Strongstubble, of Buckup Hill, and Mr. Tupman, of Cowslip Cottage, both very good friends to the sport but not " hand in the pocket-ites," to Mr. Tom Dribbler, Jun., of Hardacres, and his friend Captain Hurricane, of Her Majesty's ship Thunderer, and to Mr. Cuthbert Flintoff, commonly called Cuddy Flintoff, an "all about" sportsman, who professed to be of all hunts but blindly went to none. Cuddy's sporting was in the past tense, indeed he seemed to exist altogether upon the recollection of the chase, which must have made a lively impression upon him, for he was continually interlarding his conversation with view holloas, yoicks wind 'ims! yoicks push 'im ups! Indeed, in walking about he seemed to help himself along with the aid of for-rards on! for-rards on! so that a person out of sight, but within hearing, would think he was hunting a pack of hounds. He dressed the sportsman, too, most assiduously, bird's-eye cravats, step-collared striped vests, green or Oxford-g...

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