Historic Byways and Highways of Old England (page 1/2)

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Female Macaroni.

Some dandies who had visited Italy formed in London, about 1770, an association under the title of the Macaroni Club. On their dinner-table was always placed a dish of macaroni, an article of food little known in England at that period. The members were not content with merely enjoying their novel fare, they aspired to be leaders of fashion in dress. [...] [more...] [$]

p.33 Domesday Book.

A line-drawing of some old leather-bound books, closed

The Domesday Book was compiled at the order of William the Conqueror (1066 and all that) almost a thousand years [more...] [$]

Geoffrey Chaucer

This image is from the chapter “Chaucer and the Mediæval Inn.’ and bears the additional caption “From the Harleian MS. 4866, fol. 91.” [more...] [$]

Front Cover, Historic Byways and Highways of Old England

A brown binding with gold lettering on the spine. Almost certainly the original binding. [$]

Male Macaroni.

The Macaroni Club was an Eighteenth Century parody of style; see the female macaroni for more details. The club is perhaps best remembered for the taunt about the uncultured and ignorant Yankee who “stuck a feather in his cap and called it Macaroni.” [more...] [$]