The life and letters of Lafcadio Hearn . ields and bamboo groves; — then more streets. ^ All this not flat, but hilly, — a^ city of undulations. Immensesilences — green and romantic —alternate with quarters of tur-moil and factories and railroadstations. Miles of telegraph-poles, looking at a distance likeenormous fine-tooth combs, makea horrid impression. Miles ofwater-pipes — miles and milesand miles of them — interrupt the traffic of theprincipal streets: they have been trying to putthem underground for seven years, — and whatwith official trickery, etc., the work makes slowprogress. Gigant
The life and letters of Lafcadio Hearn . ields and bamboo groves; — then more streets. ^ All this not flat, but hilly, — a^ city of undulations. Immensesilences — green and romantic —alternate with quarters of tur-moil and factories and railroadstations. Miles of telegraph-poles, looking at a distance likeenormous fine-tooth combs, makea horrid impression. Miles ofwater-pipes — miles and milesand miles of them — interrupt the traffic of theprincipal streets: they have been trying to putthem underground for seven years, — and whatwith official trickery, etc., the work makes slowprogress. Gigantic reservoirs are ready; but nowater in them yet. City being sued by the foreignengineer (once a university professor) for $138,000odd commission on plans! Streets melt under rain,water-pipes sink, water-pipe holes drown spreeingmen and swallow up playful children; frogs singamazing songs in the street. — To think of art ortime or eternity in the dead waste and muddle ofthis mess is difficult. The Holy Ghost of the poets.
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