Excerpt from Haunts of Ancient Peace How I wish, said Lamia, we could set off on a driving expedition through England, this lovely, windless Autumn weather!What! I exclaimed, and leave the Garden that we Love, when w it is in its consummate beauty?Its consummate beauty! replied Lamia. Ever since I first heard of it, it has been in its consummate beauty. If you only knew how weary I am of it! 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 techlogy 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.