Excerpt from Familiar Allusions: Miscellaneous Information, Including the Names of Celebrated Statues, Paintings, Palaces, Country-Seats, Ruins, Churches, Ships, Streets, Clubs, Natural Curiosities, and the Like As the number of objects, in the classes above mentioned, to which reference is made in books, newspapers, and con versation, is almost innumerable, the task of selection has been very difficult. As a rule, institutions buildings, and other objects which bear names closely identified with those of the places where they are situated, have been excluded, for the reason that information in regard to such can be found with comparative ease by any ordinary reader. Geo graphical names have also been, for the most part, excluded it not being the intention to encroach to any considerable extent upon the province of' the gazetteer or geography. Some purely geographical objects, however, which are the subject of frequent allusion in literature, have been included. Names in foreign languages have been frequently omitted, and the objects entered under the English equivalents, as the latter are more generally known to the ordinary reader. This is the case particularly with the names of works of art. 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.