1851 Or, The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Cursty Sandboys

1851; Or, The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family, who came up to London to enjoy themselves, and to see the Great Exhibition.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION was about to attract sight-seers of all the worldthe sight-seers, who make up nine-tenths of the human family. The African had mounted his ostrich. The Crisp of the Desert had announced an excursion caravan from Zoolu to Fez. The Yakutskian Shillibeer had already started the first reindeer omnibus to Novogorod. Penny cargoes were steaming down Old Nile, in Egyptian Daylights; and Moonlights, while floating from the Punjaub, and congregating down the Indus, Scindian Bridesmaids and Bachelors came racing up the Red Sea, with Burmese Watermen, Nos. 9 and 12, calling at the piers of Muscat and Aden, to pick up passengers for the Isthmusat two-pence a-head. The Esquimaux had just purchased his new registered paletot of seal-skin from the great sweater of the Arctic Regions. The Hottentot Venus had already added to the graceful ebullitions of nature, the charms of a Parisian crinoline. The Yemassee was busy blueing his cheeks with the rouge of the backwoods. The Truefit of New Zealand had dressed the full buzz wig, and cut and curled the horn of the chief of the Papuas. The Botocudo had ordered a new pair of wooden ear-rings. The Maripoosan had japanned his teeth with the best Brunswick Black Odonto. The Cingalese was hard at work with a Kalydor of Cocoa-Nut-Oil, polishing himself up like a boot; and the King of Dahomeyan ebony Adamin nankeen gaiters and epaulets, was wending his way towards London to tender his congratulations to the Prince Consort. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 65234
Author: Mayhew, Henry
Release Date: May 2, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878