Curious Punishments of Bygone Days : 9781508518488

Curious Punishments of Bygone Days is a classic history text by Alice Morse Earle. The subject is not a pleasant one, though it often has a humorous element; but a punishment that is obsolete gains an interest and dignity from antiquity and its history becomes endurable because it has a past only and no future. That men were pilloried and women ducked by our law-abiding forbears rouses a thrill of hot indignation which dies down into a dull ember of curiosity when we reflect that they will never be pilloried or ducked again.

Author: Alice Morse Earle

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Feb 17, 2015

Number of Pages: 80 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1508518483

ISBN-13: 9781508518488