Paris
- Title:
- Paris
- Alternate Title:
- Paris
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Strunsky, Simeon
- Date:
- 1918
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 2193.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_2193_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1900 - 1919
- Subject:
- World War I
Politics & Government
Satirical - Measurement:
- 7.5 x 7.5 on page 18 x 12 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- This satirical work attacks the Germans near the end of World War I. It was written by Simeon Strunsky, then literary editor of the New York Evening Post and variously a columnist for Atlantic Monthly, Collier's, Harper's Weekly and other publications. The "Translator's Preface" says that "All other guide-books to Paris exhibit a certain sameness, arising from the fact that they are written by tourists who started out for Paris and got there. Col. Hohenzollern's book, on the contrary, has all the freshness of an unspoiled ideal." The book begins with "Practical Hints," such as "Traveling Expenses. The cost of a trip to Paris from the German frontier has risen tremendously since 1870, with no corresponding increase in comfort; the contrary rather. Two million dead and wounded a year is a fair estimate." Strunsky then presents, in typical guidebook fashion, a number of "Routes" to Paris, such as "ROUTE 3. To Calais and Paris by Way of Ypres and Poison Gas" and "ROUTE 5. To Paris by Way of the Lusitania."
The book contains a "Map of the German Mind" (ID #2193.05) and six city plans: Paris, London, Washington, Calais, Verdun and Moscow. Each plan is identical, and each shows the locations of various monuments such as the "Gross-und-net-Admiral von Tirpitz Fountain," the "William II Equestrian Statue," the "Kuhlman Symphony Hall," and the "Crown Prince Porcelain Collection." Each map is preceded by the following: "NOTE: The author not having had the advantage of studying the topography of [city] on the spot, the map below shows [city] as it ought to be, rather than as it is."
For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact - Source:
- Hohenzollern, W. (pseud.). 1918. Little Journeys Towards Paris, 1914-1918. A Guide Book for Confirmed Tourists. Fourth Anniversary Edition [actually first]. Translated from the original German and adapted for the use of unteutored minds by Simeon Strunsky. New York: Henry Holt and Company.
- Cite As:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.