Portraits of places

James, Henry · 1916

NOTE The following papers originally appeared in the _Century_, the _Atlantic Monthly_, the _Galaxy_ Magazine, in that of Lippincott, and in the _New York Tribune_ and _The Nation_. The four last chapters in the book, which were the earliest published, can now have (in some slight degree) only the value of history. The lapse of thirteen years will have brought many changes to Saratoga, Newport, Quebec, and Niagara. It is a great pleasure to write the word; but I am not sure there is not a certain impudence in pretending to add anything to it. Venice has been painted and described many thousands of times, and of all the cities of the world it is the easiest to visit without going ther…

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