Excerpt from True Blue: A Story of the Great North-WestShining lakes, will know by that name just what country it is. All winter it keeps its gentian blue, in the Sky, on the frozen lakes, and lurking softly in the hollows between the great marble-like snow-drifts and more vividly than ever, through the Short blithe summer, its Sky and waters take on that rich glad hue.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, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.