Publisher's Synopsis
This "Cambridge Sketches" book Frank Preston Stearns, presents readers with an engrossing look at the bustling Cambridge, Massachusetts, global network sooner or later in the overdue 1800s. Prolific American writer Stearns captures the spirit of this instructional and cultural middle along with his eager observational talents and perceptive phrases. The collection' sketches gift a complicated picture of Cambridge that takes under consideration its social, ancient, and highbrow elements. Stearns investigates the esteemed instructional institutions, probing the studies passions and fascinating characters that make up this intellectually stimulating milieu. Painting a bright photo of the network that flourished on this intellectual epicenter, Stearns takes readers from the venerable halls of Harvard University to the charming streets of the city. Beyond the academic cognizance, "Cambridge Sketches" explores the metropolis's social structure, examining the ties, customs, and cultural quirks that characterised day-to-day existence. Stearns' writing reveals a profound know-how of the dynamic interplay most of the folks that formed Cambridge's precise identification. "Cambridge Sketches" is essentially a literary time tablet that preserves the flavor of a bygone age while providing readers an engrossing adventure through the thrashing middle of American academia.
