Excerpt from Ancient and ModernParis! The highway of civilized nations! A city which leads almost everywhere! Though not necessarily included in every continental route, has not a visit to the capital of France come to be regarded as an essential element in every extensive tour? What inhabitant of south ern Europe comes northward - what Englishman travels southward, without taking Paris in his way? Look at the tours constantly published by steamboat American travelers. Is Paris ever omitted? That city has now become a station in the English overland route for India; for what comparison can there be between the billowy nausea of the Bay of Biscay and the 1ailway to Marseilles, with a day or two spent in Paris?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.
