Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distiguished public characters. In a series of letters by a German Prince.

LETTER V.

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Advice to travellers. Clubs. Virtue and Umbrellas. Arrangement of Maps. English wine. How an Englishman sits. Comfortable customs. Rules of behaviour. Treatment of Servants. The higher classes. Rules of play. Pious wishes for Germany. Good-breeding of a Viscount. The actor Liston. Madame Vestris. 'Manger et digerer.' Sentimental effusion. Inconvenient Newspapers. Drury-lane. Braham the everlasting Jew. Miss Paton. Vulgarity of the theatre. Coarseness of an English audience......34