The Story of Algiers, Now Fifth District of New Orleans, 1718-1896: The Past and the Present (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Story of Algiers, Now Fifth District of New Orleans, 1718-1896: The Past and the PresentAs a place of residence Algiers is most delightfully situated within a narrow elbow of the river, which makes the wide crescent on the City side. It has, there fore, a freer sweep of the air than the most famous localities of New Orleans. It is cooler and purer in atmosphere than in the city.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.