Download or read book Queen Mab, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint) written by Julia Kavanagh and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Queen Mab, Vol. 1 of 3 Now, it was precisely decorum that was wanting in Mr. F ord's house. It was that which made it look so singular and incongruous a dwelling. It had no business in Queen Square. It was as well built, as valuable a freehold as its neighbours on either hand, but they looked comfortable if not affluent, and Mr. Ford's house was decidedly shabby and poor. Their very plainness was sug gestive of citizen comforts; they were homes where a hearty Christmas dinner could be served up, and whence a respectable funeral could issue, after gout and good living had done their work; but Mr. Ford's house, dingy and forlorn, suggested none but images of poverty or avarice. A miserly or a needy man alone could inhabit this desolate abode. Country poverty has its graceful aspect; weeds grow prettily amongst the loose stones, and moss does very well on a roof we need not even trench upon ivy, which belongs to ruins, to make some thing nice and becoming of a dilapidated country mansion but London decay is like London itself. 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.