The Ways of Mento Edith WhartonReading editionChapter navigation35 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterto Edith WhartonCHAPTER 1—“Uncle Sam”CHAPTER 2—Domestic DespotsCHAPTER 3—Cyrano, Rostand, CoquelinCHAPTER 4—Machine-made MenCHAPTER 5—ParnassusCHAPTER 6—Modern ArchitectureCHAPTER 7—Worldly Color-BlindnessCHAPTER 8—Idling in Mid-OceanCHAPTER 9—“Climbers” in EnglandCHAPTER 10—Calvé at CabrièresCHAPTER 11—A Cry For Fresh AirCHAPTER 12—The Paris of our GrandparentsCHAPTER 13—Some American HusbandsCHAPTER 14—“Carolus”CHAPTER 15—The Grand Opera FadCHAPTER 16—The Poetic Cabarets of ParisCHAPTER 17—Etiquette At Home and AbroadCHAPTER 18—What is “Art”?CHAPTER 19—The Genealogical CrazeCHAPTER 20—As the Twig is BentCHAPTER 21—Seven Small DuchessesCHAPTER 22—Growing Old UngracefullyCHAPTER 23—Around a SpringCHAPTER 24—The Better PartCHAPTER 25—La Comédie Française à OrangeCHAPTER 26—Pre-palatial NewportCHAPTER 27—Sardou at Marly-le-RoyCHAPTER 28—InconsistenciesCHAPTER 29—Modern “Cadets de Gascogne”CHAPTER 30—The Dinner and the DramaCHAPTER 31—The Modern AspasiaCHAPTER 32—A Nation in a HurryCHAPTER 33—The Spirit of HistoryPrevious chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →CHAPTER 1—“Uncle Sam”All chapters and sections (35)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsto Edith WhartonCHAPTER 1—“Uncle Sam”CHAPTER 2—Domestic DespotsCHAPTER 3—Cyrano, Rostand, CoquelinCHAPTER 4—Machine-made MenCHAPTER 5—ParnassusCHAPTER 6—Modern ArchitectureCHAPTER 7—Worldly Color-BlindnessCHAPTER 8—Idling in Mid-OceanCHAPTER 9—“Climbers” in EnglandCHAPTER 10—Calvé at CabrièresCHAPTER 11—A Cry For Fresh AirCHAPTER 12—The Paris of our GrandparentsCHAPTER 13—Some American HusbandsCHAPTER 14—“Carolus”CHAPTER 15—The Grand Opera FadCHAPTER 16—The Poetic Cabarets of ParisCHAPTER 17—Etiquette At Home and AbroadCHAPTER 18—What is “Art”?CHAPTER 19—The Genealogical CrazeCHAPTER 20—As the Twig is BentCHAPTER 21—Seven Small DuchessesCHAPTER 22—Growing Old UngracefullyCHAPTER 23—Around a SpringCHAPTER 24—The Better PartCHAPTER 25—La Comédie Française à OrangeCHAPTER 26—Pre-palatial NewportCHAPTER 27—Sardou at Marly-le-RoyCHAPTER 28—InconsistenciesCHAPTER 29—Modern “Cadets de Gascogne”CHAPTER 30—The Dinner and the DramaCHAPTER 31—The Modern AspasiaCHAPTER 32—A Nation in a HurryCHAPTER 33—The Spirit of History“I have not lacked thy mild reproof, Nor golden largess of thy praise.”◇← Front matterCHAPTER 1—“Uncle Sam” →