The New Eden (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The New Eden<br><br>A tall square-shouldered man of forty or forty-two, with a clever tired-looking face, was seated at a writing-table, looking over a portfolio of rough MS. notes. The cabin in which he sat was furnished with rich comfort, but no useless luxury. It was the abode of the savant rather than the sybarite.<br><br>The time was night, but electric lamps filled the place with a steady glow of light.<br><br>There came a knock at the door.<br><br>"Enter."<br><br>The door-handle turned, and the yacht's sailing-master stepped inside.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This 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.