The Bread-Winners: A Social Study
John Hay
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, July 24, 2012)
His clothes were of the fashion seen in the front windows of the Knickerbocker Club in the spring of the year 187- and were worn as easily as a self-respecting bird wears his feathera. He seemed, in short, one-of those fortunate natures, who, however bom, are always bred well, and come by prescription to most of the good things the world can give. He sat in a room marked, like himseK, with a kind of serious elegance one of those apartments which seem to fit the person like a more perfect dress. All around the walls ran dwarf book-cases of carved oak, filled with volumes bound in every soft shade of brown and tawny leather, with only enough of red and green to save the shelves from monotony. A bove these the wall space was covered with Cordovan leather, stamped with gold Jteurs-delis to within a yard of the top, where a frieze of palm-leaves led up to a ceiling of blue and brown and gold. The whole expression of the room was of warmth and good manners. The furniture was of oak and stamped leather. The low book-cases were covered with bronzes, casts, and figurines, of a quality so uniformly good that none seemed to feel the temptation either to snub or to cringe to its neighbor. The Owari pots felt no false shame beside the royal Satsuma; and Barbedienne sbronzes,, the vases of Limoges and Lambeth and bowls from Nankin and Corea dwelt together in the harmony of a varied perfection.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.