# The Lighter Side of English Life

Author: Moore, Frank Frankfort, 1855-1931; Belcher, George Frederick Arthur, 1875-1947 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Humour

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51927

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Lighter+Side+of+English+Life+Moore&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

ONE MORNING A FEW MONTHS AGO A foreigner under the influence of an aeroplane descended somewhat hurriedly in a broad and--as he ascertained--a soft meadow in Nethershire; and while he was picking up his matches preparatory to lighting his cigarette--he has always a cigarette in his waistcoat pocket, for a man with a Kodak may be lurking behind the nearest tree--an agricultural labourer on his way to his work looked over the hedge at him. The foreign person noticed him, and after trying him in vain with German, French, and Hungarian, fell back upon English, and in the few words of that language which he knew, inquired the name of the place. “Why, Bleybar Lane, to be sure,” replied the man,...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER SIXTEEN--ART & THE ARTFUL IN THE PROVINCES](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-lighter-side-of-english-life-51927/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWELVE--A CLOSE CORPORATION](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-lighter-side-of-english-life-51927/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER SEVEN--THE PEOPLE OF MALLINGHAM](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-lighter-side-of-english-life-51927/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER SIX--THE OLD COUNTY TOWN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-lighter-side-of-english-life-51927/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FOURTEEN--THE LIGHTER SIDE OF CLERICAL LIFE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-lighter-side-of-english-life-51927/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER ELEVEN--THE CATHEDRAL TOWN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-lighter-side-of-english-life-51927/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER ONE--THE VILLAGE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-lighter-side-of-english-life-51927/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER THREE--THE VILLAGE VILLAS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-lighter-side-of-english-life-51927/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER EIGHT--THE PUSHING PROVINCIAL TOWN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-lighter-side-of-english-life-51927/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FOUR--THE COMEDIES OF THE COUNTRY HOUSE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-lighter-side-of-english-life-51927/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER THIRTEEN--AMONG THE AMATEURS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-lighter-side-of-english-life-51927/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER NINE--RED-TILED SOCIETY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-lighter-side-of-english-life-51927/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FIFTEEN--THE CROQUET LAWNS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-lighter-side-of-english-life-51927/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TEN--LESSER ENGLISH COUNTRY TOWNS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-lighter-side-of-english-life-51927/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWO.--OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-lighter-side-of-english-life-51927/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FIVE--THE COUNTY, OLD AND CRUSTED](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-lighter-side-of-english-life-51927/chapters/5/index.md)