Is not the commercial traveler⁠—a being unknown in earlier times⁠—one of the most curious types produced by the manners and customs of this age? And is it not his peculiar function to carry out in a c...

Is not the commercial traveler⁠—a being unknown in earlier times⁠—one of the most curious types produced by the manners and customs of this age? And is it not his peculiar function to carry out in a c...

My dear Ferdinand⁠—If the chances of the world of literature⁠—habent sua fata libelli⁠—should allow these lines to be an enduring record, that will still be but a trifle in return for the trouble you ...

My dear Ferdinand⁠—If the chances of the world of literature⁠—habent sua fata libelli⁠—should allow these lines to be an enduring record, that will still be but a trifle in return for the trouble you ...

On the skirts of Le Berry stands a town which, watered by the Loire, infallibly attracts the traveler’s eye. Sancerre crowns the topmost height of a chain of hills, the last of the range that gives va...

Old woman. ↩ “What!” ↩ Boards or staves. ↩ The name of an Elegy written by Millevoye. ↩ The rendering given above is only intended to link the various speeches into coherence; it has no resemblance wi...