Beneath an Umbrella (From "Twice Told Tales")

About This Book

Pleasant is a rainy winter's day, within doors! The best study for such a day, or the best amusement, -call it which you will, -is a book of travels, describing scenes the most unlike that sombre one, which is mistily presented through the windows. I have experienced, that fancy is then most successful in imparting distinct shapes and vivid colors to the objects which the author has spread upon his page, and that his words become magic spells to summon up a thousand varied pictures. Strange landscapes glimmer through the familiar walls of the room, and outlandish figures thrust themselves almo...