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about the cover illustration
The figure on the cover of jQuery in Action is called "The Watchman." The
illustration is taken from a French travel book, Encyclopedie des Voyages by J. G.
St. Saveur, published in 1796. Travel for pleasure was a relatively new phe-
nomenon at the time and travel guides such as this one were popular, intro-
ducing both the tourist as well as the armchair traveler to the inhabitants of
other regions of the world, as well as to the regional costumes and uniforms
of French soldiers, civil servants, tradesmen, merchants, and peasants.
illustration is taken from a French travel book, Encyclopedie des Voyages by J. G.
St. Saveur, published in 1796. Travel for pleasure was a relatively new phe-
nomenon at the time and travel guides such as this one were popular, intro-
ducing both the tourist as well as the armchair traveler to the inhabitants of
other regions of the world, as well as to the regional costumes and uniforms
of French soldiers, civil servants, tradesmen, merchants, and peasants.
The diversity of the drawings in the Encyclopedie des Voyages speaks vividly of
the uniqueness and individuality of the world's towns and provinces just 200
years ago. This was a time when the dress codes of two regions separated by a
few dozen miles identified people uniquely as belonging to one or the other.
The travel guide brings to life a sense of isolation and distance of that period
and of every other historic period except our own hyperkinetic present.
years ago. This was a time when the dress codes of two regions separated by a
few dozen miles identified people uniquely as belonging to one or the other.
The travel guide brings to life a sense of isolation and distance of that period
and of every other historic period except our own hyperkinetic present.
Dress codes have changed since then and the diversity by region, so rich at
the time, has faded away. It is now often hard to tell the inhabitant of one con-
tinent from another. Perhaps, trying to view it optimistically, we have traded a
cultural and visual diversity for a more varied personal life. Or a more varied
and interesting intellectual and technical life.
tinent from another. Perhaps, trying to view it optimistically, we have traded a
cultural and visual diversity for a more varied personal life. Or a more varied
and interesting intellectual and technical life.
We at Manning celebrate the inventiveness, the initiative, and the fun of the
computer business with book covers based on the rich diversity of regional life
two centuries ago brought back to life by the pictures from this travel guide.
two centuries ago brought back to life by the pictures from this travel guide.