Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis, Vol. 2Mr. Seward had endeavored to Introduce Lord Napier into Republican soc1ety instead of that which South erners had made so agreeable, and when he was recalled was mainly instrumental in getting up a subscription ball in his honor. It was given at Willard's Hotel, in the long dining-room, tch had been decorated for the occasion with ¿ags of all nations, mirrors, and chande liers. At one end of the room, beneath full-length portraits of General Washington and Queen Victoria, was a raised dais, on tch Lord and Lady Napier recelved the company. He wore a blue dress-coat with gilt dlomatic buttons, white waistcoat, and black trousers, and looked the canny Scotchman and Napier that he was. Lady Napier wore a white silk ball-dress, with three ¿ounces of white tulle, puffed, and trimmed with black Brussels lace, a corsage, and a head-dress of scarlet velvet with pearls and white ostrich feathers. After the presentations the ball was opened with a quadrille, in Wth Lord napier danced with Madame Limburgh, a daughter of General Cass, Mr. Ledyard and Mrs. Seward, Jr being their vis-a-vis. In the same quadrille was Senator Seward and the beautiful Mrs. Conrad, of Georgia, having as then vis a-vis Mr Danby Seymour, M. P., and the niece of Senator Dixon, of Connecticut.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.