The Amazing City (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Amazing CityHis selection from the writings of the late John F. Macdonald - between 1907 and 1913 - finds, naturally, and without any arbitrary arrangement, its unity of character, as the middle volume of the book, in three parts, that it was this author's ruling desire - rather than his deliberate and predetermined purpose - to spend many years in writing. The first volume of this book was Pam's of the Parisians, the last was the posthumous volume recently published, under the title of Two Towns - One City. In order to convey a clear idea of the motive and ruling method that give literary and spiritual unity to this long book in three volumes, which stands for the accomplished desire Of a brief life, let me quote the author's own account of this desire given in his Preface to Paris of the Parisians, where, at twenty years Of age, he described him self as a student of human life, still in his humanities The purpose Of these sketches is not political nor yet didactic. NO charge is laid upon me to teach the French nation its duties, to reprove it for its follies. Nor yet is it my design to hold up Paris of the Parisians as an example of naughti ness, nor even of virtue, to English readers. A student of human life still in my humanities, my.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.