Excerpt from Two Towns One City: Paris London BY the general consent of both French and English critics who have judged him, since his death, the author of Paris of the Parisians has been given the title of the interpreter to England of the Spirit of France. This title headed the obituary notice of him in The Daily News which announced his death (26th November The same phrase, or some equivalent sentence, occurs in every one of the many generous appreciations of the Special service rendered by this young writer Who, in 1900, began to work for the Entente at a time when France and England did not understand each other as affectionately as they do to-day, and who continued to make the strengthening of the sentimental and intellectual, as well as the political, friendship between these two peoples his task of love, during the brief but effective literary career broken off in November, 1915. 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 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.