In all its gutters from Frisco to Bombay, Melbourne to Cape Town, the Salvation Army was on the job, inviting harassed and stricken souls to the peace which passeth understanding.

During art collecting tours in Italy, Townley worked with the eccentric scholar Baron d'Hancarville (ci-devant Pierre Françoise Hughes), a specialist in pornographic art […]

Jamie […] at last bluitered oot [em] ‘I-I-I was up the water, sir, fellin' a deid dowg!’

Smoking indoors is becoming a real no-no these days, in many places.