Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
Matilda Betham-Edwards was born in 1836. She was a novelist, travel writer and had a great interest in anything French. Betham-Edwards was a prolific poet and wrote several children's books. She was of Huguenot ancestry and considered France her second homeland. It was her mission to create better understanding between France and England. In this delightful travel book the author discusses the Valley of the Marne, Noisiel: the City of Chocolate, Provins and Troyes, French Protestants at Montbeliard, St. Hippolyte, Morteau, and the Swiss Borderland, Besancon and its Environs, Ornans, Courbet's...
Matilda Betham-Edwards was born in 1836. She was a novelist, travel writer and had a great interest in anything French. Betham-Edwards was a prolific ...
This work was first published in 1793 by the agricultural expert Arthur Young (1741 1820). In addition to farming, he describes the scenery, roads, inns, manners, and more significantly examples both of wealth and poverty. Despite describing some servants he encountered in an inn as 'walking dunghills', he was acutely aware of the grinding poverty of the rural poor, noting the excesses of the ruling class, and ascribing to bad government the striking differences he found between the lives of working people in France and England. Hearing of the fall of the Bastille whilst in Strasbourg, he...
This work was first published in 1793 by the agricultural expert Arthur Young (1741 1820). In addition to farming, he describes the scenery, roads, in...
