“If custom fell a-weeping, poor wench, ’twere pity of our lives.”

Affectionately personifying custom as something neglected at our own loss · Essay, Christmas Customs, English Illustrated Magazine, 1899

• Memory
• Tradition

“Thousands still come reverently to the place where their bones lie in Köln city.”

Reflecting on the enduring power of pilgrimage and inherited belief · Essay, Christmas Customs, English Illustrated Magazine, 1899

• Faith
• Memory
• Time

“Of apples and nuts and almonds, though the once familiar frumenty be forgotten on the bill of fare.”

Remembering older festive foods already disappearing from common practice · Essay, Christmas Customs, English Illustrated Magazine, 1899

• Memory
• Tradition