The ideal of a gentleman, or, A mirror for gentlefolks : a portrayal in literature from the earliest times / by A. Smythe-Palmer.

  • Palmer, Abram Smythe.
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The ideal of a gentleman, or, A mirror for gentlefolks : a portrayal in literature from the earliest times / by A. Smythe-Palmer. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Routledge; New York : Dutton, [1908]

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vii, 522 pages : portrait ; 21 cm

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Contents

I. The historical idea of a gentleman.--II. Definition of a gentleman.--III. The inwardness or essential quality of a gentleman.--IV. The herald's gentleman.--V. Ancestry.--VI. Wealth and work.--VII. Manners and good breeding.--VII. Traits of gentlehood.--IX. Precepts of gentlehood.--X. The poets' gentleman.--XI. The gentleman exemplified.--XII. Gentlemen of other nations.--XIII. Ironical and abusive acceptation of "gentleman."--XIV. Conclusion. Index.

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With an engraved frontispiece of Sir Philip Sidney.
On inside cover : "With best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Henry S. Wellcome. Christmas, 1909."

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