Habits and men, with remnants of record touching the makers of both
HABITS AND MEN, WITH Remnants of Record TOUCHING THE MAKERS OF BOTH.
BY DR. DORAN, AUTHOR OF ‘TABLE TRAITS,’ ‘HISTORY OF READING,’ ‘LIFE OF DR. YOUNG,’ ETC.
“See, sitting here,
Just face to face with you, in cheery guise,
A real, live gossip; to your charities
Do I appeal, my friends.”— T. Westwood.
THIRD EDITION.
LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. 1855.
PRINTED BY JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR, LITTLE QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS.
Dr. Doran
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HABITS AND MEN.
CONTENTS.
BETWEEN YOU AND ME.
MAN, MANNERS, AND A STORY WITH A MORAL TO IT.
REMNANTS OF STAGE DRESSES.
THREE ACTS AND AN EPILOGUE.
ACT I.
ACT II.
ACT III.
THE EPILOGUE.
THE TIRING-BOWERS OF QUEENS.
“LA MODE” IN HER BIRTH-PLACE.
HATS.
WIGS AND THEIR WEARERS.
BEARDS AND THEIR BEARERS.
SWORDS.
GLOVES, B⸺S, AND BUTTONS.
STOCKINGS.
“MASKS AND FACES.”
PUPPETS FOR GROWN GENTLEMEN.
TOUCHING TAILORS.
WHY DID THE TAILORS CHOOSE ST. WILLIAM FOR THEIR PATRON?
THE TAILORS MEASURED BY THE POETS.
SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD, THE HEROIC TAILOR.
GEORGE DÖRFLING, THE MARTIAL TAILOR.
ADMIRAL HOBSON, THE NAVAL TAILOR.
JOHN STOW, THE ANTIQUARIAN TAILOR.
JOHN SPEED, THE ANTIQUARIAN TAILOR.
SAMUEL PEPYS, THE OFFICIAL TAILOR.
RICHARD RYAN, THE THEATRICAL TAILOR.
PAUL WHITEHEAD, THE POET TAILOR.
MEMS. OF “MERCHANT TAILORS.”
Chapters on Beaux.
THE BEAUX OF THE OLDEN TIME.
BEAU FIELDING.
BEAU NASH.
THE PRINCE DE LIGNE.
BEAU BRUMMELL.
DOCTORS READY DRESSED.
ODD FASHIONS.
