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More Books by George Alfred Lawrence (Author...Run a Quick Search on "Border and Bastille" by George Alfred Lawrence to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Border and Bastille"Browse more products related to "George Alfred Lawrence"Short DesriptionPurchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. CAPUA. The southward approach to Baltimore is very well managed. The railroad makes an abrupt curve, as it sweeps round the marshy woodlands through which the Patapsco opens into the bay; so that you have a fair view of the entire city, swelling always upwards from the water''s edge, on a cluster of low, irregulat hills, to the summit of Mount Vernon. From that highest point soars skyward a white, glistening pillar crowned by Washington''s statue. I have seldom seen a monument better placed, and it is worthy of its advantages. The figure retains much of the strength and grace for which in life it was renowned, and, if ever features were created, worthy of the deftest sculptor and the purest marble, such, surely, was the birthright of that noble, serene face. No one, that has sojourned in Washington, can be ten minutes in Baltimore without being aware of a great and refreshing change. You leave the hurry and bustle of traffic behind at the railway station, and are never subjected to such nuisances till you return thither. Even in the exclusively commercial squares of the city there reigns comparative leisure, for, except in the establishments of government contractors, or others directly connected with the supply of the army, business is by no means brisk just now. You may pass through Baltimore street, the main artery bisecting the town from east to west, at any hour, without encountering a denser or busier throng than you would meet in Regent street, any afternoon out of the season, and, about the usual promenade time, the proportion of fair flaneuses, to the meaner masculine herd, would be nearly the same. I betook myself to Guy''s hotel, which had been recommended to me as quiet and comfortable : for many people it would have been too quiet. The black ... If You Enjoy "Border and Bastille (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:
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