L.C. WITH FAMOUS AUTHORS SELECTED AND EDITED WITH INTRODUCTIONS, ETC. BY FRANCIS W. HALSEY Editor of "Great Epochs in American History" FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY NEW YORK AND LONDON WOR 20JUN 34 GENERAL INTRODUCTION A two-fold purpose has been kept in view during the preparation of these volumes-on the one hand, to refresh the memories and, if possible, to enlarge the knowledge, of readers who have already. visited Europe; on the other, to provide something in the nature of a substitute for those who have not yet done so, and to inspire them with new and stronger ambitions to make the trip. Readers of the first class will perhaps find matter here which is new to them-at least some of it; and in any case should not regret an opportunity again to see standard descriptions of world-famed scenes and historic monuments. Of the other class, it may be said that, in any profitable trip to Europe, an indispensable thing is to go there possest of a large stock of historical knowledge, not to say with some distinct understanding of the profound significance to our American civilization, past, present, and future, of the things to be seen there. As has so often been said, one finds in Europe what one takes there-that is, we recog nize there exactly those things which we have learned to understand at home. Without an equipment of this kind, the trip will mean little |