A Hidden Foe
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New York. A HIDDEN FOE CHAPTER I. It is an early November day in the year 1862, in Bath. Fine rain is falling and leaden clouds hang low in the valley. A dull, murky depressing day anywhere, but more so in Bath than elsewhere. Given fine weather and a briglit sun, and Bath is almost worthy of the praises that have been bestowed upon it. Seen from the railway on the other side of the valley its asp...
MoreNew York. A HIDDEN FOE CHAPTER I. It is an early November day in the year 1862, in Bath. Fine rain is falling and leaden clouds hang low in the valley. A dull, murky depressing day anywhere, but more so in Bath than elsewhere. Given fine weather and a briglit sun, and Bath is almost worthy of the praises that have been bestowed upon it. Seen from the railway on the other side of the valley its aspect is stately, with its terraces climbing the hill one upon another, its many patches of green foliage, its stately monotopi::;: stone; but viewed beneath a leaden sky, with a drizzling rain falling uninterruptedly, Bath is the most depressing of towns. Proud of being the only city in England constructed solely of stone, Bath has been content, save in its crescents and squares, to dispense with all architectural adornments ;its streets convey the impression that the houses were built in asc Hid wall, and the windows and doors were then cut out as with a knife, so bare, so dreary, so monotonous is their apprance. White as it is when first brouglit from the quarry, Bath stone is a greedy absorbent of dirt and soot. The houses facing south and southwest are exposed to the rains that fall so frequently that it would almost seem as if Nature spent herself in the vain endeavor to wash the city white, and retain something of the grey hue of the stone ;but the streets facing north are as black as if a mixture of soot and water had been rubbed into them; while those looking east and west are banded with alternate stupes ol YA a..
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