Excerpt from The Business of Pleasure, Vol. 1 of 2 That on some future day they shall be per mitted to minister to pleasure in London, and earn the meed reserved for a few such minis trants. In the Busmess of Pleasure acres and acres of English ground, and Rhenish moun tain, and French and Spanish plain, are set apart and cultivated to the highest degree of perfection: in the same interest hardy Norse men are salmon-fishing; heavy Westphalian boors, preposterously accoutred, are boar-hunt ing; blue-bloused Alsatian peasants are fatten ing bilious geese; dirty Russians are oiling cod-sounds. Those engaged in the Business of Pleasure are of various stations, of various temperaments, of various degrees Of useful ness; but from all is there required as strict honesty, punctuality, and fidelity, as proper and earnest a performance of their duties, as thorough rectitude, as in any other condition. 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.