The Clumsiest People in Europe - Favell Lee Mortimer

My thanks to MALU who so kindly sent me this book! Thanks heavens for Mrs Favell Lee Mortimer for, without the things that today make the world an easier place to know, she managed to tell the people of the mid nineteenth century all they needed to know about life as it is lived in all four corners of the world. Over three volumes, Mrs Mortimer provided a succinct, if blunt, guide to the peoples of Europe, Asia, Australia, the Americas and Africa. Those three volumes have been condensed into the single book reviewed here. She starts with Europe asking first "What is the character of the English?" "They are not very ...  Read the complete review