Excerpt from The Story of LuccaAmong friends at home Principal Lindsay must be specially thanked for his unfailing sympathy and generous help, nor will we forget a friend who has passed away since this little book was first planned, Dr E. Perceval Wright of Trinity College, Dublin, to whose interest and encouragement its existence is largely due.The first five chapters, dealing with the history of Lucca, are by Mrs Ross, the remaining seven by Miss Erichsen.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.