SUBURBAN SKETCHES
By William Dean Howells
Author Of “Venetian Life,” “Italian Journeys” Etc.
CONTENTS
SOME LESSONS FROM THE SCHOOL OF MORALS.
Illustrations
“But I Suppose This Wine is Not Made of Grapes, Signor?”
“Looking About, I Saw Two Women.”
“The Young Lady in Black, Who Alighted at a Most Ordinary Little Street.”
“That Sweet Young Blonde, Who Arrives by Most Trains.”
“Frank and Lucy Stalked Ahead, With Shawls Dragging From Their Arms.”
“They Skirmish About Him With Every Sort of Query.”
“A Gaunt Figure of Forlorn and Curious Smartness.”
“The Spectacle As We Beheld It.”
“Vacant and Ceremonious Zeal.”
MRS. JOHNSON
It was on a morning of the lovely New England May that we left the horse-car, and, spreading our umbrellas, walked down the street to our new home in Charlesbridge, through a storm of snow and rain so finely blent by the influences of this fortunate climate, that no flake knew itself from its sister drop, or could be better identified by the people against whom they beat in unison.