As Others See Us: Being the Diary of a Canadian Debutante

As Others See Us: Being the Diary of a Canadian DebutanteThe purpose of this story is to...
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Author: Jarvis, W. H. P. (William Henry Pope),1876-1944
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Language: English
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As Others See Us: Being the Diary of a Canadian Debutante

As Others See Us: Being the Diary of a Canadian Debutante

BD$6.63

As Others See Us: Being the Diary of a Canadian Debutante

BD$6.63
Author: Jarvis, W. H. P. (William Henry Pope),1876-1944
Format: eBook
Language: English

As Others See Us: Being the Diary of a Canadian Debutante

The purpose of this story is to form some impression of salient facts and tendencies in Canadian life, and to show its strength, and through its strength, its weakness. So I planned before the gods ruled for war, and the soldiers began to write history with the sword which, despite Lytton, is proved infinitely mightier than the pen. However, here is the book, and I hope the reader will not be sorry to meet again old friends. Elsie hasthough she does not intend ita serious purpose. The English have never truly understood the Colonial. In May of last year (1914) a writer in the Times said that he had lived in Canada for a number of years, and was satisfied that Canada was becoming Americanized, because the Canadian talked with an American accent. It was possible that what he saw and regarded with alarm is what I have here drawn in gentle satire. Society is our bane; and a new society is certain to be, in many respects, intolerable. The craze for, and hunt after, society is not limited to any country; it is a world-wide weakness. The Snob isas Thackeray showed usubiquitous. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 67312
Author: Jarvis, W. H. P. (William Henry Pope)
Release Date: Feb 3, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: MacMillan Company of Canada, Ltd
Publication Date: 1915
Publisher Country: Canada

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Illustrator: Wickson, Alfred Morton, 1882-1947

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