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Paris - Grant Allen's Historical Guides

Grant Allen

Publisher: Good Press

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"Paris"  by Grant Allen is a travelogue that deals with the Great Towns where objects of art and antiquity are numerous. In every one of them, the general plan pursued will be somewhat as follows. First will come the inquiry of why a town ever gathered together at all at that particular spot—what induced the aggregation of human beings rather there than elsewhere. Next, we shall consider why that town grew to social or political importance and what were the stages by which it assumed its present shape. Thirdly, we shall ask why it gave rise to that higher form of handicraft which we know as Art, and towards what particular arts it especially gravitated. After that, we shall take in detail the various strata of its growth or development.
Available since: 12/12/2019.
Print length: 242 pages.

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