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LibriVox “Henry W. Lucy

Faces and Places By Henry W. Lucy (1845-1924)

Faces and Places is a collection of articles on nineteenth century travel, events and

personalities by the British journalist Henry Lucy, who wrote for the Daily News, a London newspaper. His open letter To Those About to Become Journalists rings as true today as when it was written.

Other articles are of historical interest: A Wreck in the North Sea is an account of the wreck of the ship “Deutschland” in 1875; A Historic Crowd describes the massive popular interest in the 1871 trial of the Tichborne Claimant; The Battle of Merthyr contains an eye-witness account of the Merthyr Riots of 1831; The Prince of Wales paints a portrait of

the future King Edward VII.

Lucy, who also wrote as “Toby, M.P.” for the satirical magazine Punch, loved to poke gentle fun, particularly at the establishment, and this is especially evident in A Peep at an Old House of Commons.

This eclectic collection, mostly affectionately humorous, but with moments of great pathos, was originally published in 1892 in The Whitefriars Library of Wit & Humour.

(Summary by Ruth Golding) Read by Ruth Golding; total running time: 06:59:11.

This recording is in the public domain and may be reproduced, distributed, or modified permission. For more information or to volunteer, visit librivox.org. Cover picture by Ivan Aivazosky (1861). Copyright expired in US, Canada, EU, and all countries with author's life +70 yrs laws. Cover design by Janette Brown. This design is in the public domain.

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