Complete and unabridged, with 15 full-page plates by Alfred Vickers, William Henry Brooke and William Burgess. A Chicago girl arrives in London with letters of introduction and reports home on the aristocracy, the servants and the food. Duncan wrote it after making the same journey and the comedy runs in both directions. Its 62 original illustrations have been carefully restored and coloured for this edition.
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