Lanterna Rally

Author: George Muller

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-20

Total Pages: 582

ISBN-13: 9781331908043

Excerpt from Mentone and Its Neighbourhood: The Past and Present The late Dr. George A. Muller, a cousin of the more celebrated Professor Max Muller, resided in the neighbourhood of Mentone for some thirty years, and died in 1891. He was a man of cultured mind, and given to research, and he left a manuscript, which he had intended to publish, containing an account of Mentone and the surrounding district. In this were recounted not only original investigations and experiences, but also much historical information derived from his study of books, records, old charts, and parchments, in French, Italian, Latin, and other languages. After his death, the manuscript remained in obscurity for a number of years. Circumstances having recently led to my perusal of it, I found it to contain a large amount of information, not easily accessible to English readers. It seemed regrettable that this should not be made public; and the suggestion that I should undertake the work of editing it having met with hearty approval from the few to whom the manuscript was already known, I have endeavoured to do so. The task, however, has been by no means an easy one. Dr. Muller's style of composition is his own. For one born in Germany he exhibits marvellous command of our language, though he himself apologises for defects in style and diction, and craves the indulgence of critics, as he writes not in his native tongue but in that of his adopted country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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."