Boyhood Stories of Famous Men: Titian, Chopin, Andre Del Sarto, Thorwaldsen, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Murillo, Stradivarius, Guido Reni, Claude Lorraine, ... "Tomboy of Bordeaux" (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Boyhood Stories of Famous Men: Titian, Chopin, Andre Del Sarto, Thorwaldsen, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Murillo, Stradivarius, Guido Reni, Claude Lorraine, Tintoretto and Rosa Bonheur "Tomboy of Bordeaux"But after a while she took no more jour neys into the valley, for although she met many splendid book people, not one of them had the power to take her back. Instead of walking under spreading trees with the en chanted company, she had to stay in the world without, and live in the memory of beautiful days spent beyond the magic gates. Always, however, things seem to come out right, after all, for one morning between the covers of a dingy book, she found just what she had been seeking. In The Child of Urbino, Ouida's lovely tribute to the great Raphael, was one who could take her into the rainbow country. The gates swung wide, and she went in again with the painter.Years afterward, when she was grown, she still remembered and loved The Child of Urbino, partly because of its beauty, partly because of all it had meant to her. It had shown her the way into a wonderful realm. It had caused her to realize that the stories of great creators are just as fasci nating as those of Ali Baba, Sigurd the Volsung, the troubadours who sang in Prov ence, or the crusaders who fought in Pales tine, and that by knowing them and their works the gates of the enchanted valley would never close to her. It taught her to look for the stories underlying great pictures and melodies; and, having found many, the thought occurred to her that she ought to share her treasures with boys and girls who would enjoy them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.