Excerpt from Glimpses of Three Nations IT seems to me that some explanation is needed of why these few chapters about London are now re published. My dear husband intended his magnum opus to be an account of London in its various and contradictory aspects. Such a work was much dis cussed between us, and the publication of it was even arranged with our good friend Mr. Blackwood. As usual Mr. Harmsworth forwarded this, as he did every other scheme likely to benefit George Steevens' career; and the chapters as they appear in this volume appeared in the Daily Mail. We were much pressed to publish the letters on Paris and Germany, and when it was decided so to do, I thought it well to add those concerning the city he loved so well and knew so thoroughly. That they are mere suggestions of what he intended will be. 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.