Wit and Wisdom of Lord Tredegar

Table of Contents

FOREWORD.

WIT AND WISDOM OF LORD TREDEGAR.

EPIGRAMMATIC ELOQUENCE.

MEMORIES OF BALACLAVA.

QUIPS AT THE SERVANTS' BALL.

ON ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS.

THE TRIALS OF THE CLERGY.

SERMONS AND SINNERS.

THE OLD PARISH CHURCH.

RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE.

THE CRICKETER CURATE.

THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN.

THE USES OF THE PARISH ROOM.

GENTLE MANNERS.

REVERENCE FOR RELIGION.

THE TEACHING OF REFINEMENT.

IN PRAISE OF HOSPITALS.

WHEN IS A HOSPITAL A SUCCESS.

RECLAIM THE STREET URCHIN.

THE INFLUENCE OF WOMEN.

A FRIEND FOR THE FRIENDLESS.

THE BRAVERY OF THE WORKERS.

A TRIBUTE TO THE ENGINE DRIVER.

TEMPERANCE "IN ALL THINGS."

TOTAL ABSTINENCE.

AN ANGELIC VISION.

CHATS TO AND ABOUT CABBIES.

TALKS TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS.

CAKES AND ALE.

THE GREAT LAND TYRANT.

TWO LORD TREDEGARS.

THE TRIALS OF BENEFACTORS.

WHAT IS A PHILANTHROPIST?

NATURALLY A CONSERVATIVE.

POLITICS ON THE BRAIN.

THE UNRULY HOUND.

THE WHOO WHOOPS.

M.P.'S AS BADGERS.

THE HONOUR OF BEING M.P.

NELSON'S SAYING.

THE DISADVANTAGES OF THE PEERAGE.

SWEEPS AS PEERS.

YOU CANNOT PLEASE EVERYBODY.

KEEP US STILL OUR SHORTHORNS.

INTEREST IN DAIRYING.

WHERE ALL CLASSES MEET.

WHERE THE AGRICULTURIST SHOULD STUDY.

A BLUE BOTTLE AND A BIRD.

A LIMIT EVEN TO SCIENCE.

AN EYE FOR A GOOD PAIR OF HORSES.

AS CATTLE DEALER.

THE BEST FARMER.

FOX-HUNTING AND DIPLOMACY.

AT AN ATHLETIC CLUB DINNER.

HUNTING.

TWO UNPROFITABLE HONOURS.

THE HAPPY FARMER.

EQUINE EXPRESSIONS.

KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.

TALKS ON EDUCATION.

THE ARCHÆOLOGY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE.

MONMOUTHSHIRE STILL WELSH.

FREEDOM OF MORGAN BROTHERHOOD.

A HYBRID COUNTY.

INTEREST IN EXPLORATION.

OLIVER CROMWELL AND NEWPORT.

WELSH PEOPLE EVEN IN CARDIFF.

THE SIEGE OF CAERPHILLY CASTLE.

GWERN-Y-CLEPPA.

IN PRAISE OF EISTEDDFODAU.

TREDEGAR HOUSE.

A LITTLE FAMILY HISTORY.

THE LATE COLONEL MORGAN.

THE MONMOUTHSHIRE TRIBUTE.

THE JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA.

THE LATE QUEEN VICTORIA.

THE LATE KING EDWARD.

THE PENNY WHISTLE OF REPUBLICANISM.

ON PRETORIA DAY.

ADMIRATION FOR AMERICAN SAILORS.

IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ARMY.

THE BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT.

NOT KNOWN HERE.

LIFE'S TRAGEDY AND COMEDY.

NEWPORT A SECOND LIVERPOOL

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE.

DOCTORS-OLD STYLE AND NEW.

ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS.

A CONTRAST IN CORRESPONDENCE.

DREAMS AND TEARS.

THE PRECIPICE OF MATRIMONY.

HOW TO LIVE FOR EVER.

PUNCTUALITY "THE THIEF OF TIME."

NO KNOWLEDGE OF KISSES.

A SMART RETORT.

THE BUSHRANGER'S METHOD.

MAKING THE WAIST PLACES GLAD.

AS OTHERS SEE US.

THE MIGHTY LORD MAYOR.

A DAY OF GREAT JOY.

THE GOOD OLD ENGLISH OATH.

PRAISE IN BUCKETSFUL.

AN EASY SOLUTION.

A READY ANSWER.

WELCOME.

THE SEVEN AGES.

A DELICATE POINT.

THE HISTORIC HOUSE OF LORDS.