In the night, or the gloomy chambers of the day, fears and misgivings wax strong, but out in the sunlight there is, for a time, cessation even of the terror of death. Carrie went straight forward until she crossed the river, and then turned into Fifth Avenue. The thoroughfare, in this...
What could be more heartwarming at this gloomy time of year than the sight of something beautiful and Baroque? The very word conjures visions of hot, dusty streets and curvaceous church fronts, their niches filled with assorted saints and grimacing ghouls surmounted by the figure of the Virgin...