PENELOPE AND COMPANY GET ON THE OMNIBUS"Francesca is short of twenty years old, Salemina short of forty, I short of thirty. Francesca is in love, Salemina never has been in love, I never shall be in love. Francesca is rich, Salemina is well-to-do, I am poor. There we are in a nutshell." PENELOPE'S ENGLISH EXPERIENCESIn London and the countryside, Penelope learns to love the English. PENELOPE'S EXPERIENCES IN SCOTLANDIf this is August it must be Edinburgh! Haggis, scones and the skirl of bagpipes! PENELOPE'S IRISH EXPERIENCESThe differences in Fairies in Ireland and Scotland . . . and the lack of poetry in the Irish diet, and reels. PENELOPE'S POSTSCRIPTS Years later -- Switzerland, Italy, Wales and Devon, and the most rewarding place of all: Home.". . . a great trial to readers with conscientious scruples against laughing. . . . full of delicious humor of situation and dialogue, so that the reading of it is a vacation from care and gloom." -- The Advocate of Peace, 1898
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Penelope Travels Abroad
PENELOPE AND COMPANY GET ON THE OMNIBUS"Francesca is short of twenty years old, Salemina short of forty, I short of thirty. Francesca is in love, Salemina never has been in love, I never shall be in love. Francesca is rich, Salemina is well-to-do, I am poor. There we are in a nutshell." PENELOPE'S ENGLISH EXPERIENCESIn London and the countryside, Penelope learns to love the English. PENELOPE'S EXPERIENCES IN SCOTLANDIf this is August it must be Edinburgh! Haggis, scones and the skirl of bagpipes! PENELOPE'S IRISH EXPERIENCESThe differences in Fairies in Ireland and Scotland . . . and the lack of poetry in the Irish diet, and reels. PENELOPE'S POSTSCRIPTS Years later -- Switzerland, Italy, Wales and Devon, and the most rewarding place of all: Home.". . . a great trial to readers with conscientious scruples against laughing. . . . full of delicious humor of situation and dialogue, so that the reading of it is a vacation from care and gloom." -- The Advocate of Peace, 1898
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