Download or read book The Thames (Classic Reprint) written by G. E. Mitton and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Thames When the American wondered what all the fuss was about, and "guessed" that any one of his home rivers could swallow the Thames and never know it, the Englishman replied, he "guessed" it depended at which end the process began; if at the mouth, the American river would probably get no farther than the "greatest city the world has ever known" before succumbing to indigestion! With rivers as with men, size is not an element in greatness, and for no other reason than that it carries London on its banks the Thames would be the most famous river in the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.