A Nantucket pedagogue and the old Paris walk
A Nantucket teacher uses Bible readings to test bright pupils with a tale on eschewing evil. A witty lawyer joke follows. The piece then shifts to a Punch essay on a Bourbonist gentleman at the Tuilleries and a veteran exile who rebuilds his life in London through music after Napoleon's fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantucket
Job
God
Bob Holmes
Loy
Washington. Irving
France
Paris
England
London
Napoleon
Leicester Square
St. James Park
Ideed
Lee
Napoleon Waa
Cottle
Southey
Ascompasien
Han
Dante
Verona
Geo. H. Dodd
Boston
Europe
W. R. Coppock
Buffalo
Erie County Agricultural Society
Bis
Ory Veguin
Marie Sphere Daley
Louvisa
Minerva Rhody Jane
Jeff Foot
The Exiled Frenchman and the Indemnity Echo
An editor recounts a Parisian tale of a contented exile ruined by revolution and later vexed by indemnity. The narrative contrasts buoyant resilience with the hollow wealth of restored fortune, ending in a warning about happiness tied to material recovery and loyalty.
The Coresinge and Modern Medical Currents
A dense extract from a 19th century periodical mixes literary praise of Coleridge with medical curiosities. It discusses chemical electricity for metal removal, a Havana chemist duo Poly and Vergnes, and a dramatic April 16, 1852 breakthrough. It also reports on agricultural notes, veterinary tips, and stray anecdotes, including a provocative mix of science, superstition, and rural commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific Bulletin of Paris
Aga
Bulletin
French Academy of Sciences
M. Damas
Andry Poly
Havana
Maurice Vergnes
M. Mossand
M. Poly
M. Maurice Vergnes
Bunson
S & Grove
Cays M. Poly
Mer‘cury
Deee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thaye
Oce
Hans
Rysemely
Spin
Gertle’ Southert
Violet
Daya
Comne
Parterre
Versailles
St. Cloud
Tuilleries
Luxemburg
P. S
Wolferst
Home Journal
De.Quincey
Witc
Adam
Rodman
Kemper County
Bair
Kemper
Timothy Dwight
Jno. Trumbull
Right
Ganaan
Trumbull
Greencastle
Daggy’s
Crimea