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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Three Generations of English Women: Memoirs and Correspondence of Susannah Taylor, Sarah Austin, and Lady Duff GordonMrs. John taylor, the first subject of these Memoirs, was a remarkable woman, whose house at Norwich was the resort Of many of the most cultivated men and women of her day, whose friendship was prized and valued by them. People used to say it was worth a journey to Norwich to spend an evening with her. She brought u...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Lives of the Early Medici: As Told in Their CorrespondenceThis book attempts to supply such details. It is founded on letters, for the most part private, of Medici men, women, and children, and their friends, written during those decades when the family was being moulded for the great European destiny which lay hidden in the future before it. In these old-world epistles Contessina artlessly displays her household economies, Lucrez...

Excerpt from Three Generations of Englishwomen, Vol. 1 of 2: Memoirs and Correspondence of Mrs. John Taylor, Mrs. Sarah Austin, and Lady Duff GordonOf Mrs. Austin's remarkable talents I need not speak her letters will Show what she was, and how her judg ment and advice were sought by many of the eminent men of her time.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks....

Excerpt from Florentine Palaces and Their StoriesOf his fine palace there is a delightful description in, I should think, one of the first guide-books written about Florence.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,...

Three Generations of Englishwomen - Vol. 1 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebook...

Memoirs and Correspondence of Mrs. John Taylor, Mrs. Sarah Austin and Lady Duff Gordon - Vol. 2 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scien...

Excerpt from The Fourth GenerationI feel that the title of this book needs a few words of explanation. Life moves so swiftly nowadays that people are soon forgotten, and books written about them are put away on top shelves out of sight, and therefore out of mind. In 1888 when I offered Mr. John Murray, an old family friend, my Three Generations of English Women, to which this is a sequel, he was kind enough to say that the title was a good one...

Excerpt from The Land of Manfred, Prince of Tarentum and King of Sicily: Rambles in Remote Parts of Southern Italy, With Special Reference to Their Historical AssociationsAbout 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, pr...

Excerpt from The Story of PisaThey must express their thanks for the kindness shown them by Professor Clemente Lupi, Keeper of the State archives at Pisa Cavaliere Marini, Librarian.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 t...

Excerpt from Early Days RecalledThe house in which my parents, Sir Alexander and Lady Duff Gordon, lived when I was a small child - No. 8, Queen Square, Westminster (now Queen Anne Square) - was then divided from the adjoining square by iron railings. These were attached to a projection of our house, where still stands a statue of good Queen Anne in a niche. This is deeply impressed on my memory, because I had been told that the Queen came to ...

Excerpt from The Story of LuccaAmong friends at home Principal Lindsay must be specially thanked for his unfailing sympathy and generous help, nor will we forget a friend who has passed away since this little book was first planned, Dr E. Perceval Wright of Trinity College, Dublin, to whose interest and encouragement its existence is largely due.The first five chapters, dealing with the history of Lucca, are by Mrs Ross, the remaining seven by...

Excerpt from Leaves From Our Tuscan Kitchen: Or How to Cook VegetablesBoccaccio, and a dish of leeks cooked with spices appears as a special dish in the rules of the chapter of San Lorenzo when the canons messed together. Old Laschi, author of that delightful book l'osservatore F iormtina, moral ises on the ancient fashion of cooking in his pleasant rather prosy way: 'it would not seem that the senses should be subjected to fashion and yet suc...

Excerpt from Italian SketchesI could tell other such stories for, as my mother says in her Letters from Egypt, I sit among the people, and do not make myself big, a pro ceeding an Italian resents as much as an Arab.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 tech...