More Famous Homes of Great Britain and Their Stories (Classic Reprint)
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Malan, A. H.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from More Famous Homes of Great Britain and Their Stories The first series of Famous Homes of Great Britain his met with so gratifying a success that a second series has been prepared; and the editor of the magazine for which these papers were written, and in which they originally appeared, has been asked to write a few introductory words. This, in a way, is with him a labour of love, as chance has willed it that he has been familiar from childhood with many of the houses described in this volume. As an Englishman, he will be pardoned the conviction that nowhere in the world can the old English country home be surpassed, or even paralleled. In England, the town house has always been an unimportant accessory - it is round the country house that the family associations cluster; it is the country house which is regarded as the cradle of the race, as the precious heritage to be faithfully handed over to the next generations for further enrichment and care at their hands. And in these old homes the predominant note is the sense of continuity. Three or four centuries ago the predecessors of those now in possession walked along that same terrace, gazed upon that same familiar view, or in winter sat before that same hearth sculptured with the arms of the family - each generation attempting to leave its mark in some further adornment of the loved home, It is true, and candour must admit it, that often the work of the present generation is confined to removing all trace of the vandalism and so-called "improvement" effected during the disastrous period from 1800 to 1850, tersely described by the French as "I´époque du mauvais goût." 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.
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