Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children
Author | : Grace Greenwood |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 2016-05-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 152397009X |
ISBN-13 | : 9781523970094 |
Rating | : 4/5 (094 Downloads) |
Download or read book Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children written by Grace Greenwood and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-25 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After all, I think I had more real delight in the noble public parks and gardens of London than in palaces and cathedrals They were all wonders and novelties to me-for, to our misfortune and discredit, -we have nothing of the kind in our country. To see the poor little public squares in our towns and cities, where a few stunted trees seem huddled together, as though scared by the great red-faced houses that crowd so close upon them, one would think that we were sadly stinted and straitened for land, instead of being loosely scattered over a vast continent, many times larger than all Great Britain