Eton of Old, or Eighty Years Since

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Excerpt from Eton of Old, or Eighty Years Since: 1811-1822It was throughout a gay, lively, good-humoured scene, without any of the jar and incongruity which would mark such an institution now, and when Bath and Western coaches were stopped at Slough by a graceful boy in a fancy ball dress, and when a large silken bag, strongly encased in network, was presented to the passengers for Salt, a general smile was the usual answer, and coins were dropped laughingly into it.When railways arose, Montem fell. The iron king stopped it, and he would be a very bold, graceful boy who would venture down the Slough or other platform for salt, with a London third-class proportion of carriages on the line.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.