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Life aboard an Atlantic packet ship gives Charles Bullard Fairbanks an opening for observations on travel, memory and human habits. Passengers make friends, anticipate England and discover how quickly a comfortable sea breeze can become an awkward swell. These personal sketches visit London, Rome and Paris before the volume turns to essays on subjects such as street life, childhood, the theatre and literary commentary.
The writer pairs everyday details with reflections on history and conduct. In Boulogne, English clothing, accents and residents living abroad under pressure from creditors furnish material for social observation. His reflections also take in Napoleon III, Queen Victoria and the meaning of honour. These pieces move between small encounters and larger arguments, using a traveller's observations of manners to consider wealth, conviction and the value of remembered experience.
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