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61 of 62 people found the following review helpful
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There is loads of enjoyable reading in this book. Few of these stories are "funny" so you probably won't laugh very much- they're tales of people who have done something virtuous, so the word "heartwarming" is a good description. There's no intro to tell you where the anecdotes come from or when they were collected. The table of contents is active by topic- Affection, Artists, Begging...
28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
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I downloaded this book thinking I could share some amusing anecdotes with people. Some stories are timeless however, these are not.
For me, while the themes never go out of style (there is one section of people complaining about doctors, for example) the people are often very obscure. The humor is lost or would require some knowledge of the context of the period. Many of the "historical" anecdotes likewise are of people that were well known in there day but didn't do enough to assure their place in the history books.
Probably worth the read if you know a lot about this time period, but otherwise, Id skip it.
For me, while the themes never go out of style (there is one section of people complaining about doctors, for example) the people are often very obscure. The humor is lost or would require some knowledge of the context of the period. Many of the "historical" anecdotes likewise are of people that were well known in there day but didn't do enough to assure their place in the history books.
Probably worth the read if you know a lot about this time period, but otherwise, Id skip it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This book has 145 pages in the printed version. It starts with a alphabetical index. This book is in the public domain, if you cannot get it from Amazon (at the moment I write this you can not get this book in Europe via Amazon), you can find it on several places on the web.
There are anecdotes about different kinds of people, for example: King Louis XIV of France, Marshall Villars, a cobbler in the Netherlands, and many more.
It is a nice collection of quotations that read like short stories. It's a fun read and I do recommend it if you don't mind the oldfashioned language of the book.
To give you an idea of what the book is like, this is the first anecdote:
AFFECTION.
General St. Amour.--This officer, who distinguished himself in the Imperial
service, was the son of a poor Piedmontese peasant, but he never forgot his
humble extraction. While the army was in Piedmont, he invited his principal
officers to an entertainment, when his father happened to arrive just as
they were sitting down to table. This being announced to the general, he
immediately rose, and stated to his guests his father's arrival. He said he
knew the respect he owed to them, but at the same time he hoped they would
excuse him if he withdrew, and dined with his father in another room. The
guests begged that the father might be introduced, assuring him that they
should be happy to see one so nearly related to him; but he replied, "Ah,
no, gentlemen; my father would find himself so embarrassed in company so
unsuited to his rank, that it would deprive us both of the only pleasure of
the interview--the unrestrained intercourse of a parent and his son." He
then retired, and passed the evening with his father.
There are anecdotes about different kinds of people, for example: King Louis XIV of France, Marshall Villars, a cobbler in the Netherlands, and many more.
It is a nice collection of quotations that read like short stories. It's a fun read and I do recommend it if you don't mind the oldfashioned language of the book.
To give you an idea of what the book is like, this is the first anecdote:
AFFECTION.
General St. Amour.--This officer, who distinguished himself in the Imperial
service, was the son of a poor Piedmontese peasant, but he never forgot his
humble extraction. While the army was in Piedmont, he invited his principal
officers to an entertainment, when his father happened to arrive just as
they were sitting down to table. This being announced to the general, he
immediately rose, and stated to his guests his father's arrival. He said he
knew the respect he owed to them, but at the same time he hoped they would
excuse him if he withdrew, and dined with his father in another room. The
guests begged that the father might be introduced, assuring him that they
should be happy to see one so nearly related to him; but he replied, "Ah,
no, gentlemen; my father would find himself so embarrassed in company so
unsuited to his rank, that it would deprive us both of the only pleasure of
the interview--the unrestrained intercourse of a parent and his son." He
then retired, and passed the evening with his father.
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