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قراءة كتاب Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General
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Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General
CORNELIUS O'DOWD
UPON MEN AND WOMEN
AND OTHER THINGS IN GENERAL
By Charles Lever
Originally Published In Blackwood's Magazine
1864
CONTENTS
A FRIEND OF GIOBERTS: BEING A REMINISCENCE OF SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO.
SOMETHING ABOUT SOLFERINO AND SHIPS.
THE STRANGER AT THE CROCE DI MALTA.
THE ORGAN NUISANCE AND ITS REMEDY.
R. N. F. THE GREAT CHEVALIER D'INDUSTRIE OF OUR DAY.
ITALIAN TRAITS AND CHARACTERISTICS.
OF OUR BROTHERS BEYOND THE BORDER.
TO JOHN ANSTER, ESQ., LL.D.
My dear Anster,
If you knew how often I have thought of you as I was writing this book,—if you knew how there rose before my mind memories of long ago—of those glorious evenings with all those fine spirits, to think of whom is a triumph even with all its sadness,—and if you knew how I long to meet once more the few soldiers who survive of that "old guard,"—you would see how naturally I dedicate my volume to him who was the best of us. Accept it, I beg you, as a token of recollection and regard from your affectionate friend,
CORNELIUS O'DOWD.
Lago Maggiore, July 20,1864.
NOTICE.
AMIABLE AND ACCOMPLISHED READER,
As I have very little to say for myself that is not said in some of my opening pages, there is no need that I should delay you on the threshold.
You will learn, if you take the trouble, by what course of events I came to my present pursuit, converting myself into what a candid, but not complimentary, friend has called "a diverting Vagabond."