Violet, or the Cross and the Crown
Maria Jane McIntosh
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books, March 20, 2018)
Excerpt from Violet, or the Cross and the CrownEastward, sea. And sky; westward, a long strip of sandy beach, its monotonous surface varied only by the drifting heaps which the wind raises to-day and sweeps away to morrow. Such, for many miles, is the aspect of the New Jersey coast.An ocean inlet,' setting up into the land about a mile, and then spreading, north and south, into shallow lagoons, sepa rates these beaches from the main land. In these lagoons islands of reeds spring up, and the scum of mucilaginous weeds attracts all the varieties of water-fowl, in their sea son, giving life, by their noisy gabble, to the solitary scene.Even on these narrow strips of sand, man has found a dwelling and an occupation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.