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The Alps Sir William Martin Conway
The Alps
Sir William Martin Conway
JOHN RUSKIN, in a fine and famous passage, describes the effect of a first view of the Alps upon a young and sensitive mind. He was at Schaffhausen with his parents. "We must have spent some time in town-seeing," he writes, "for it was drawing towards sunset when we got up to some sort of garden promenade-west of the town, I believe; and high above the Rhine, so as to command the open country across it to the south and west. At which open country of low undulation, far into blue-gazing as at one of our own distances from Malvern of Worcestershire, or Dorking of Kent, -suddenly-behold-beyond
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 20, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781517699727 |
| Publishers | Createspace Independent Publishing Platf |
| Pages | 124 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 7 mm · 176 g |
| Language | English |
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