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James Ritchie

About LondonRitchie J. Ewing James Ewing About London CHAPTER I. NEWSPAPER PEOPLE What would the Englishman do without his newspaper I cannot imagine. The sun might just as well refuse to shine, as the press refuse to turn out its myriads of newspapers. Conversation would cease at once. Brown, wi...

The London PulpitJ. Ewing Ritchie The London Pulpit Dedication TO JOHN R. ROBINSON, ESQDear Robinson,In dedicating to you this edition of a Work, the contents of which originally appeared under your editorial sanction, I avail myself of one of the few pleasures of authorship. Of the defects of th...

Here and There in LondonRitchie James Ewing Here and There in London THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, FROM THE STRANGERS’ GALLERY Not far from Westminster Abbey, as most of our readers know well, stands the gorgeous pile which Mr. Barry has designed, and for which, in a pecuniary sense, a patient public has...

Cities of the DawnRitchie J. Ewing James Ewing Cities of the Dawn / Naples – Athens – Pompeii – Constantinople – Smyrna – Jaffa – Jerusalem – Alexandria – Cairo – Marseilles – Avignon – Lyons – Dijon CHAPTER I A RUN ACROSS FRANCE To leave London one day and to arrive in Marseilles the next would ...

Freehold Land Societies: Their History, Present Position, and ClaimsJ. Ewing Ritchie Freehold Land Societies: Their History, Present Position, and Claims “The laws of this country recognise nothing more sacred than the Forty-shilling Freehold Franchise; and a vote for the county obtained by these...

East Anglia: Personal Recollections and Historical AssociationsJ. Ewing Ritchie East Anglia: Personal Recollections and Historical Associations PRESS NOTICES OF THE FIRST EDITION ‘We cordially recommend Mr. Ritchie’s book to all who wish to pass an agreeable hour and to learn something of the out...

Christopher Crayon's Recollections. The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himselfRitchie J. Ewing James Ewing Christopher Crayon's Recollections / The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself CHAPTER I. East Anglia in 1837 In 1837 Lord Melbourne wa...

Pictures of Canadian Life: A Record of Actual ExperiencesRitchie J. Ewing James Ewing Pictures of Canadian Life: A Record of Actual Experiences CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. – CANADIAN TERRITORY AND POPULATION Lunching one day in Toronto with one of the aldermen of that thriving city (I may as well fr...

Crying for the Light: or, Fifty Years Ago. Volume 3 of 3Ritchie J. Ewing James Ewing Crying for the Light; Or, Fifty Years Ago. Vol. 3 [of 3] CHAPTER XXII. AT THE CATTLE-SHOW Again we are at Sloville, on the occasion of the anniversary of the flourishing Agricultural Society of the county – an oc...

Thoughts on Slavery and Cheap SugarRitchie J. Ewing James Ewing Thoughts on Slavery and Cheap Sugar In some papers this Pamphlet was advertised as published at Sixpence; it has been found, however, desirable to alter the price. To those who may discover coincidences of matter and manner between t...