Ten Days in Switzerland (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Ten Days in SwitzerlandAll the streets are steep and narrow, and the only level place in the town seems to be the square in front of the cathedral. This square is also the market place, and this particular morning it was filled with temporary booths and heaps and sacks of fruits and vegetables, while most of the sellers were women, who kept up a constant chatter among themselves.The stores here in Lausanne are really attractive, the people interesting, the gardens and buildings fine, and the old Cathedral looming over it all seems to be the protector of the little town.In the cemetery lies John Kemble, the great actor, who died here. Near our hotel is the garden where Gibbon Spent some of his busiest hours at work upon his Rise and Fall of the-roman Empire. The house where he lived was close here, and this garden adjoined his home, while a little summer house, commanding a view of the glorious lake, was his favorite place for writing, and he tells us that it was in this summer house, late at night, that he finished the last page of this his life-work.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.