The Romance of the London Directory
The Romance of the London Directory
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Hosier and Hozier still exist. Every Londoner knows of the " Cordwainers' Hall, " though perhaps he has never seen it. It is not more than forty years ago that you might not uncommonly see " cordvvainer " over a shop door instead of the strictly modern " shoemaker" ; while in our directories " Cordwainer, ' 9 130 ROMANCE OF THE LONDON DIRECTORY.
or " Cordiner, " or * Codner, " is a customary name. Sir Thopas is described thus : " His hair, his beard was like safroun, That to his girdle raught (...reached) adown, His shoon of cordewane. " We have only to turn cordwain into cordovan, to see that this was a specially excellent leather, imported in early times from Cordova, in Spain, to make " kid-boots. " In fact, the cordwainer was the West-end boot-maker. But this is not all. In the Directory for 1871 there appear twelve Suters, three Sowters, six Soutters, seven Souters, one Soutar, and three Soustars. I need not tell any Scotchman what this means, because every shoemaker or cobbler on the other side of the Tweed, except in very fashion- able quarters, is still a " souter.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Hosier and Hozier still exist. Every Londoner knows of the " Cordwainers' Hall, " though perhaps he has never seen it. It is not more than forty years ago that you might not uncommonly see " cordvvainer " over a shop door instead of the strictly modern " shoemaker" ; while in our directories " Cordwainer, ' 9 130 ROMANCE OF THE LONDON DIRECTORY.
or " Cordiner, " or * Codner, " is a customary name. Sir Thopas is described thus : " His hair, his beard was like safroun, That to his girdle raught (...reached) adown, His shoon of cordewane. " We have only to turn cordwain into cordovan, to see that this was a specially excellent leather, imported in early times from Cordova, in Spain, to make " kid-boots. " In fact, the cordwainer was the West-end boot-maker. But this is not all. In the Directory for 1871 there appear twelve Suters, three Sowters, six Soutters, seven Souters, one Soutar, and three Soustars. I need not tell any Scotchman what this means, because every shoemaker or cobbler on the other side of the Tweed, except in very fashion- able quarters, is still a " souter.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley to read onlineMoreLess
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