Excerpt from The Burnt Million, Vol. 1 of 3<br><br>IN the old Court suburb, Kensington, there are still a few fine old houses standing back from the road, with gardens attached to them of considerable size, and adorned with noble trees, especially the cedar. Its 'layers of shade,' though deadly to the turf beneath them, are welcome indeed to the Londoner during the summer heats. As he sits on his rocking chair, shut out from all the din and dust of the streets, and with only the muffled roar of the great city breaking on his ear like a distant sea - yet within reach of all that vol. I.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.