Excerpt from A Leave of Absence and Other Leaves On the other hand, it does not aspire to be a guide book, interfering with the sale of Baedeker, nor does it contain footprints that, perhaps, another might use in the amiable but impossible way sug gested by Mr. Longfellow, licensed poet. No, it is simply a book of observations, such as any Connecti cut Yankee might make in King Arthur's and other courts, originally written without thought of print er's glory, but as a matter of epistolary interest to friends at home. Hence ...
Read More
Excerpt from A Leave of Absence and Other Leaves On the other hand, it does not aspire to be a guide book, interfering with the sale of Baedeker, nor does it contain footprints that, perhaps, another might use in the amiable but impossible way sug gested by Mr. Longfellow, licensed poet. No, it is simply a book of observations, such as any Connecti cut Yankee might make in King Arthur's and other courts, originally written without thought of print er's glory, but as a matter of epistolary interest to friends at home. Hence, it contains not so much in formation as observation, ranging over a small field of fact and a wide one of comment, taken from the point of view of one whose angle of incidents is confessedly smaller than his angle of re ection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
Read Less
Add this copy of A Leave of Absence and Other Leaves Classic Reprint to cart. $17.03, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Forgotten Books.
Add this copy of A Leave of Absence and Other Leaves (Classic Reprint) to cart. $30.34, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Forgotten Books.
Add this copy of A Leave of Absence and Other Leaves (Classic Reprint) to cart. $58.09, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Forgotten Books.
