Excerpt from Journeys Through France: Being Impressions of the Provinces<br><br>Over all there is a distinct sense of comfort, not unlike what one feels in Flanders and in England. Nowhere is one reminded of the petty respectability of the midland towns, with their fussing and over reaching activity.<br><br>Before I left Paris I had witnessed the illuminations of August I 5, the crowds in the squares and dusty streets, the white walls, the eager and contorted faces, the sight-sects, domestic servants and working men, gathered together for their draught of miscalled pleasure, which cheated them like a cup of adulterated cocoa. I had absorbed the all-pervading odour, the dust and steam of life, the inferno of feverish hurry, the plague of unsatisfied cupidity. But here I found less heat; and on the following day there was rain.<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.