Excerpt from The Lost Horizon Ying amidst the crowded highways Of the Atlantic there still remain spaces aloof from cosmopolitan curiosity and seldom traversed by regular trading craft. From time to time the figure Of a liner may loom above the horizon for an interval, or the empty seascape may be quickened by the passage Of some squalid, toiling tramp. A lingering trace Of smoke along the sea-line, a grimy scar across the lifeless distance - the invader has vanished into forgottenness, and the desert sea returns to its sleep. 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.