The Silent Door (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Silent DoorHE river meanders through the valley and the valley is so narrow you can see it is a valley.It is bounded on either side by undulating ranges. Two peaks mount suddenly from the billowy sky line and rear themselves proudly above their fellows. These are the Twin Mountains, and one who climbs them may look down upon J oppa village, follow the windings of the Jerusalem river as far as Pisgah and even farther, and survey all the sweet country between, green and fair like a living map. But if you are a canoeist on a river, far other wise. Your horizon is quaintly circumscribed by silver yellow willow-trees, by evergreen shades down to the water's edge, and you are mystified by the river's serpentine course, being often in doubt as to whether that shimmering loop ahead of you belongs to the past or the future voyaging.When you are well within the re¿ection of the Twin Mountains you are in the second pocket of an aquatic S, and you must yet round several more riparian ¿ourishes before you reach Joppa village, whose proximity has al ready made itself known to you by the ringing of the church bell.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.