Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Journalist's Jottings, Vol. 2 of 2
Trouser stuffs lend themselves naturally to all manner of draping contrivance, and compose well with china jars, majolica vases, and the broad, lustrous green leaves Of certain exotic plants. There are few more depressing sights in this metropolis than the show of some of our most fashionable tailors, whose window arrangements seem inspired by the wish to repel casual custom, and to plunge the harmless spectator into deep and abiding melancholy. This is a characteristic of many shops affected to the sale of raiment exclusively worn by the sterner sex. The hatter's display is pervaded by a shiny gloom that of the shirt-maker Often fails to exhilarate the most buoyant nature - grim battalions of cravats attached to stifl, neckless collars puzzle the will, and make us rather wear the ties we have than fly to others that we know not Of. Multitudes of things, huddled together tier above tier, breed perplexity and beget indecision If London tradesmen were to thin out the dressing of their shop-fronts, and to some extent individualise their wares, they would do a larger business with the quid-mane class of purchaser than that which they at present transact. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
