Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- XXII (1857-58.) THE FRENCH DETECTIVE AND HIS SMART SUBORDINATE—AT THE PRINCESS ROYAL'S MARRIAGE—SOME POPULAR PENNY PUBLICATIONS—THE YATES AND THACKERAY SQUABBLE—A TALK WITH CHARLES READE—THE CHERBOURG FETES
- XXIII (1858.) AN EXPEDITION TO HOMBURG—EARLY SUCCESSES AND SUBSEQUENT DEFEAT—PHILOSOPHIC INDIFFERENCE—GARCIA THE GAMBLER—BOHEMIAN BILLETS-DOUX—A HYPOCHONDRIACAL HUMOURIST
- XXIV (1858-59.) THE PAPER DUTY AGITATION, AND THE REPEAL OF THE IMPOST—A CONVIVIAL CLUB AND SOME OF ITS MEMBERS—THE BOOZING CARPENTER AND POPULAR EDUCATOR—IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND ON THE STUMP—A SALE AND WHAT SPRUNG FROM IT
- XXV (1859-63.) ON BOARD THE GREAT EASTERN DURING THE EXPLOSION—THE DROWNING OF INGRAM IN LAKE MICHIGAN—A BIRD OF ILL-OMEN ON BOSTON STUMP—“WELCOME ALEXANDRA!”—THE PRINCE OF WALES'S WEDDING AT WINDSOR
- XXVI (1863.) A SUSPICIOUS FIRE AT CAMPDEN HOUSE AND AN ACTION AGAINST THE “SUN” OFFICE—MY BROTHER FRANK'S EVENTFUL CAREER AS WAR CORRESPONDENT—HIS PRESUMED DEATH IN THE SOUDAN
- XXVII (1863-65.) THE SHAKSPEARE TERCENTENARY COMMITTEE AND MR. THACKERAY—REMINISCENCES OF SOME GUILDFORD-STREET GATHERINGS—THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS AND CHARLES READE—A CHANGE IN MY POSITION—T. W. ROBERTSON, NEEDY AND AFFLUENT
- XXVIII (1865.) FRENCH APARTMENTS—AT AUTEUIL—FANTASTIC FASHIONS—FÉTES IN THE ENVIRONS—JOURNALISTIC DUELS—A GARDEN PARTY
- XXIX (1865.) ODD WAYS OF GETTING A LIVING IN PARIS A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
- XXX (1866.) NEW YEAR'S DAY IN PARIS—THE CLOSING AND OPENING OF TWO RHINE KURSAALE—A FASHIONABLE NORMANDY WATERING PLACE
- XXXI (1867-68.) EUROPEAN POTENTATES IN PARIS—ABSURD CONCESSIONS OF THE EXHIBITION COMMISSIONERS—OPENING CEREMONY—THE CZAR UNDER FIRE—PRIZE DAY AT THE PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE—SEIZED FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS
- XXXII (1868.) AT THE PREFECTURE OF POLICE—A NIGHT AMONG THE PARIS CHIFFONNIERS—TWO BARRIÈRE BALLS
- XXXIII (1868.) WITH THE COURT AT COMPIÉGNE—ARTIFICIAL EYES
- XXXIV (1868-69.) ON AND ABOUT THE BOULEVARDS—THE HOUR OF ABSINTHE—THE ECCENTRIC DUKE OF BRUNSWICK—A FINANCIAL AND A GASTRONOMIC BARON—HYMEN'S AMBASSADOR—THE MAUBREUIL SCANDAL
- XXXV (1868-69). IN BRITTANY—AT A BRETON PARDON—THE TRADE IN LOCKS—HORSE À LA MODE
- XXXVI (1868.) THE ITALIAN COLONY—ITINERANT MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS' MODELS—THE BAL DU VIEUX CHÊNE—GANGS OF PARIS THIEVES—HÔTELS GARNIS—THE CARRIÈRES D'AMÉRIQUE
- XXXVII (1869.) BOULEVARDIAN JOURNALISTS AND BOULEVARD REMINISCENCES—SOME PARIS ARTISTS
- XXXVIII (1869.) IN THE VINEYARDS OF THE MÉDOC—A BORDEAUX SPADASSIN
- XXXIX (1869.) A CONFLAGRATION AMONG THE BORDEAUX SHIPPING—LIGHTED PETROLEUM AFLOAT—THE WHITE WINES OF THE GIRONDE—ANOTHER BORDEAUX SPADASSIN—ST. ÉMILION, PÉRIGUEUX, AND LIMOGES—THE BURGUNDY VINEYARDS—A STATE BALL
- XL (1869-70.) THE PANTIN TRAGEDY—THE TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF TROPPMANN
- XLI (1870.) AT TROPPMANN's EXECUTION—ROCHEFORT AND “LA LANTERNE”
- XLII (1870 et seq.)
XXIV - (1858-59.) THE PAPER DUTY AGITATION, AND THE REPEAL OF THE IMPOST—A CONVIVIAL CLUB AND SOME OF ITS MEMBERS—THE BOOZING CARPENTER AND POPULAR EDUCATOR—IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND ON THE STUMP—A SALE AND WHAT SPRUNG FROM IT
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- XXII (1857-58.) THE FRENCH DETECTIVE AND HIS SMART SUBORDINATE—AT THE PRINCESS ROYAL'S MARRIAGE—SOME POPULAR PENNY PUBLICATIONS—THE YATES AND THACKERAY SQUABBLE—A TALK WITH CHARLES READE—THE CHERBOURG FETES
- XXIII (1858.) AN EXPEDITION TO HOMBURG—EARLY SUCCESSES AND SUBSEQUENT DEFEAT—PHILOSOPHIC INDIFFERENCE—GARCIA THE GAMBLER—BOHEMIAN BILLETS-DOUX—A HYPOCHONDRIACAL HUMOURIST
- XXIV (1858-59.) THE PAPER DUTY AGITATION, AND THE REPEAL OF THE IMPOST—A CONVIVIAL CLUB AND SOME OF ITS MEMBERS—THE BOOZING CARPENTER AND POPULAR EDUCATOR—IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND ON THE STUMP—A SALE AND WHAT SPRUNG FROM IT
- XXV (1859-63.) ON BOARD THE GREAT EASTERN DURING THE EXPLOSION—THE DROWNING OF INGRAM IN LAKE MICHIGAN—A BIRD OF ILL-OMEN ON BOSTON STUMP—“WELCOME ALEXANDRA!”—THE PRINCE OF WALES'S WEDDING AT WINDSOR
- XXVI (1863.) A SUSPICIOUS FIRE AT CAMPDEN HOUSE AND AN ACTION AGAINST THE “SUN” OFFICE—MY BROTHER FRANK'S EVENTFUL CAREER AS WAR CORRESPONDENT—HIS PRESUMED DEATH IN THE SOUDAN
- XXVII (1863-65.) THE SHAKSPEARE TERCENTENARY COMMITTEE AND MR. THACKERAY—REMINISCENCES OF SOME GUILDFORD-STREET GATHERINGS—THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS AND CHARLES READE—A CHANGE IN MY POSITION—T. W. ROBERTSON, NEEDY AND AFFLUENT
- XXVIII (1865.) FRENCH APARTMENTS—AT AUTEUIL—FANTASTIC FASHIONS—FÉTES IN THE ENVIRONS—JOURNALISTIC DUELS—A GARDEN PARTY
- XXIX (1865.) ODD WAYS OF GETTING A LIVING IN PARIS A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
- XXX (1866.) NEW YEAR'S DAY IN PARIS—THE CLOSING AND OPENING OF TWO RHINE KURSAALE—A FASHIONABLE NORMANDY WATERING PLACE
- XXXI (1867-68.) EUROPEAN POTENTATES IN PARIS—ABSURD CONCESSIONS OF THE EXHIBITION COMMISSIONERS—OPENING CEREMONY—THE CZAR UNDER FIRE—PRIZE DAY AT THE PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE—SEIZED FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS
- XXXII (1868.) AT THE PREFECTURE OF POLICE—A NIGHT AMONG THE PARIS CHIFFONNIERS—TWO BARRIÈRE BALLS
- XXXIII (1868.) WITH THE COURT AT COMPIÉGNE—ARTIFICIAL EYES
- XXXIV (1868-69.) ON AND ABOUT THE BOULEVARDS—THE HOUR OF ABSINTHE—THE ECCENTRIC DUKE OF BRUNSWICK—A FINANCIAL AND A GASTRONOMIC BARON—HYMEN'S AMBASSADOR—THE MAUBREUIL SCANDAL
- XXXV (1868-69). IN BRITTANY—AT A BRETON PARDON—THE TRADE IN LOCKS—HORSE À LA MODE
- XXXVI (1868.) THE ITALIAN COLONY—ITINERANT MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS' MODELS—THE BAL DU VIEUX CHÊNE—GANGS OF PARIS THIEVES—HÔTELS GARNIS—THE CARRIÈRES D'AMÉRIQUE
- XXXVII (1869.) BOULEVARDIAN JOURNALISTS AND BOULEVARD REMINISCENCES—SOME PARIS ARTISTS
- XXXVIII (1869.) IN THE VINEYARDS OF THE MÉDOC—A BORDEAUX SPADASSIN
- XXXIX (1869.) A CONFLAGRATION AMONG THE BORDEAUX SHIPPING—LIGHTED PETROLEUM AFLOAT—THE WHITE WINES OF THE GIRONDE—ANOTHER BORDEAUX SPADASSIN—ST. ÉMILION, PÉRIGUEUX, AND LIMOGES—THE BURGUNDY VINEYARDS—A STATE BALL
- XL (1869-70.) THE PANTIN TRAGEDY—THE TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF TROPPMANN
- XLI (1870.) AT TROPPMANN's EXECUTION—ROCHEFORT AND “LA LANTERNE”
- XLII (1870 et seq.)
Summary
Somewhere towards the end of the “forties” a political association with a catching title came into existence, with the object of bringing about the repeal of what were rather cleverly described as the “taxes on knowledge,”—in other words the tax upon advertisements, the newspaper stamp, and the excise duty on paper. The two first were got rid of after a good deal of agitation, but the paper duty remained and seemed likely to remain, as it brought in a million and a quarter of revenue, and the expenditure of the country was always on the increase.
Mr Milner Gibson had taken up the question of these duties as a sure means to political popularity and influence, and after the advertisement tax and the newspaper stamp had been swept away, he had in and outside parliament, in season and out of season, pressed the claims of paper to be freed from the trammels of excise. Tall and slim of figure, of placid and somewhat aristocratic manners, with no particular oratorical gifts, and not a particle of that democratic fire which is looked for in prominent radicals of his class, Milner Gibson was one of the few “one-idea” members who had the gratification of accomplishing the mission they imposed on themselves. By sheer persistence he succeeded in getting the House of Commons to pass a resolution asserting the maintenance of the excise on paper as a permanent source of revenue to be impolitic.
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- Glances Back Through Seventy YearsAutobiographical and Other Reminiscences, pp. 41 - 60Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1893