The Great Streets of the World

by Richard Harding Davis, William Wetmore Story, Andrew Lang

Excerpt from The Great Streets of the World

The sandwich man. Trians do not walk steadily forward here, or in a straight line, but dodge in and out like run ners 'ou a foot-ball field. They all seem to be trying to reach the bank to have a check cashed before three o'clock. The man who stops to speak to a friend, or to gaze into a shop window, is jostled and pushed and shouldered to one side; everyone seems to be trying to catch up to the man just in front of him and everyone has something to do, and something on his mind to think of, too, if his face tells anything.

253 pages, Hardcover

First published February 9, 2010

About the author

Richard Harding Davis (1864–1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.