Excerpt from On the Heights, Vol. 1 of 3 A clear woodland stream, fringed with elders and weeping-willows, and with many a bridge thrown across it, rushed down from the mountain side, ran into the lake, and flowed out of it again into the valley towards the river, a glimpse of whose glittering surface flashed here and there through the shrubbery. Under the trees, and wherever the view was choice, there were placed ornamental tables, chairs, and seats. 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.