The Cunning Linguist (Paperback)

Two classic Victorian entertainments that celebrate the language of love--"The Alter of Venus" concerns a gentleman, introduced to the joys of desires at a tender age, who commits himself to a sensual expedition that will last the rest of his life; and, "Maid and Mistress" recounts the journey of a reckless young man visiting a country house who discovers, through the pretty young maid-in-waiting, the sexual life beneath the social propriety, and avails himself to the aloof mistress of the manor.