Mirror of Literature,  12 (1828), 302.

Mr. Abernethy

Anon

Genre:

Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Education

People mentioned:

John Abernethy


    Relates that Abernethy thought of sending his son to Eton College to learn manners, and was told by his wife that it would have been as well had he gone there too.



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