The Perfume of Eros (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781502896490)

ROYAL," said the man's mother that evening, "are you still thinking of Fanny Price?" It was in Gramercy Park. As you may or may not know, Gramercy Park is the least noisy spot in the metropolitan Bedlam. Without being unreasonably aristocratic it is sedate and what agents call exclusive. The park itself is essentially that. Its design is rather English. The use is restricted to adjoining residents. About it is a fence of high iron. Within are trees, paths, grasses, benches, great vases and a fountain. But none of the usual loungers, none of the leprous men, rancid women, and epileptic children that swarm in other New York squares. Yet these squares are open to all. To enter this park you must have a key. By day it is a playground. Nurse-maids come there with little boys and girls, the subdued, undemonstrative, beautifully dressed children of the rich. At night it is empty as a vacant bier.

Author: Edgar Saltus
ISBN-10: 1502896494
ISBN-13: 9781502896490
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/19/2014
Pages: 104
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.22d