All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim. Who shall tell me the truth about this one? Tragic? Even so, because wherever ambitions, vanities, and follies are multiplied by millionfold contact, calamity is there. Noble and beautiful? Aye, for even folly may have the majesty of magnitude. Hasty, cruel, shallow? Agreed, but where in this terrene orb will you find it otherwise?
All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim. Who shall tell me the truth about this one? Tragic? Even so, because wherever ambitions, vanities, and follies are multiplied by millionfold contact, calamity is there. Noble and beautiful? Aye, for even folly may have the majesty of magnitude. Hasty, cruel, shallow? Agreed, but where in this terrene orb will you find it otherwise?
Andrew Lang's series of fairytale books have been considered by many as having provided some of the best fundamental reading for children since the late 19th and 20th centuries. The stories are not original, since they almost without exception were passed down orally. But they are told using old, rather than modernized language.
The Works of Alexandre Dumas in thirty volumes. Illustrated with drawings on wood by eminent French and american artists. V. 30- The whites and the blues. The Original Books Collection. Alexandre Dumas (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas, père, was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure. Translated into nearly 100 languages, these ha...
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The Blue Fairy Book
By: Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang's series of fairytale books have been considered by many as having provided some of the best fundamental reading for children since the late 19th and 20th centuries. The stories are not original, since they almost without exception were passed down orally. But they are told using old, rather than modernized language.
The Works of Alexandre Dumas V.XXX (1902)
By: Alexandre Dumas
The Works of Alexandre Dumas in thirty volumes. Illustrated with drawings on wood by eminent French and american artists. V. 30- The whites and the blues. The Original Books Collection. Alexandre Dumas (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas, père, was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure. Translated into nearly 100 languages, these ha...