Essays on Life, Art and Scienceby Samuel ButlerINTRODUCTIONIt is hardly necessary to apologise for the miscellaneous character of the following collection of essays. Samuel Butler was a man of such unusual versatility, and his interests were so many...Daugiau...
Excerpt:In the preface to Alps and Sanctuaries I apologised for passing over Varallo-Sesia, the most important of North Italian sanctuaries, on the ground that it required a book to itself. This book I will now endeavour to supply, though well awa...Daugiau...