Under the Sun
| Preis: | 19.95 EUR* (inkl. MWST zzgl. Versand - Preis kann jetzt höher sein!) |
| Versand: | 0.00 EUR Versandkostenfrei innerhalb von Deutschland |
| Partner: | buecher.de |
| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Sala, George Augustus) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Under the Sun: Essays Mainly Written in Hot Countries I Have a greater need to pen an Essay with such a title as that which appears above, as introductory to Under the Sun, since I sit down to write it on the Twenty-fifth of May - the merry month of May! - with a blazing fire in my study, and the cat dozing on the hearth-rug, instead of enjoying her natural otium at this time of the year, in blinking on the coping of the garden wall. The housekeeper has just knocked at the door to say that the coals are nearly "out," and that in view of such "bitter weather," it would be as well to communicate with Messrs. Cockerell without delay. If the men with the sacks do not come, I shall be fain to bite my thumbs to warm them; and I may well strive to kindle a little mental caloric by writing about Warm Weather, lest - with the thermometer looking at me with the stony stare of a refrigerator - I should forget that there was such a season as Summer at all, or that anything but frost and fog could be felt and seen "Under the Sun." I have given to this collection of Sketches of Travels and Manners the title they bear, for the reason that the majority of their number have a direct reference to the Hot Climates of the lands in which I have wandered. It may strike the reader (and in a stronger degree the critic) that some of the chapters in this volume are, neither subjectively nor objectively, of a very sunny nature, and have nothing to do with hot countries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
* Preis kann jetzt höher sein. Den aktuellen Stand und Informationen zu den Versandkosten finden sie auf der Homepage unseres Partners.
Folgende Produkte könnten dir ebenso gefallen
