Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers

Selection of essays on subjects as varied as marriage, illness, age and youth, idlers, English Admirals and the romance of old gas lamps in newly electrified Edinburgh (1878).

Contents

"Virginibus puerisque" -- Crabbed age and youth -- An apology for idlers -- Ordered South -- Æs triplex -- El Dorado -- The English admirals -- Some portraits by Raeburn -- Child's play -- Walking tours -- Pan's pipes -- A plea for gas lamps.