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Stephen Archer, and Other Tales by George MacDonald explores manners and customs.
Stephen Archer, and Other Tales is a work by George MacDonald. Its subjects include Manners and customs.
From the opening pages: “Stephen Archer was a stationer, bookseller, and newsmonger in one of the suburbs of London. The newspapers hung in a sort of rack at his door, as if for the convenience of the public to help themselves in passing. On his counter lay penny weeklies and books coming out in parts, amongst which the _Family Herald_ was in force, and the _London Journal_ not to be found. I had occasion once to try the extent of his stock, for I required a good many copies of one of Shakspere's plays--at a penny, if I could find such. He shook his head, and told me he could not encourage the sale of such productions. This pleased me; for, although it was of little consequence what he thought concerning Shakspere, it was of the utmost import that he should prefer principle to pence. So I loitered in the shop, looking for something to buy; but there was nothing in the way of literature: his whole stock, as far as I could see, consisted of little religious…”
