Author: George Buckham

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Published: 2015-07-20

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 9781331911159

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Excerpt from Notes From the Journal of a Tourist, Vol. 1: Egypt, the Holy Land, Syria, Turkey Austria, Switzerland This book claims neither novelty nor literary excellence. It is simply a diary of the sights and experiences of several years of travel undertaken on account of the impaired health of the writer's wife, and jotted down for the entertainment and instruction of the author's family, without the most remote intention of putting it into print. No doubt there are unintentional errors in it, but there is no exaggeration or coloring except what might naturally result from enthusiasm; and, as a guarantee of this, it may be stated that each day's notes, with a single exception, were written before retiring for the night. I commend my unpretending work to the kindly notice of friends, in the beautiful lines of the late President Woolsey: "As one who, strolling on some Autumn day Through woods with Summer's life no longer crowned, Gathers the treasures fallen from many a spray. And shows his friends the choicest he has found; So, little book, do I, in life's decay, And seeing close at hand its wintry bound, Bid thee, with silent footsteps, go around To those that know me best, and whispering say: These leaves long pressed within the book of years, From which the colors may not quite have fled, Seek private audience from kindly ears, To tell what thoughts my Summer hours once fed. Receive them with mild silence; scorn them not: Let him that sends them be not quite forgot." 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.

Download or read book Notes From the Journal of a Tourist, Vol. 1 written by George Buckham and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes From the Journal of a Tourist, Vol. 1: Egypt, the Holy Land, Syria, Turkey Austria, Switzerland This book claims neither novelty nor literary excellence. It is simply a diary of the sights and experiences of several years of travel undertaken on account of the impaired health of the writer's wife, and jotted down for the entertainment and instruction of the author's family, without the most remote intention of putting it into print. No doubt there are unintentional errors in it, but there is no exaggeration or coloring except what might naturally result from enthusiasm; and, as a guarantee of this, it may be stated that each day's notes, with a single exception, were written before retiring for the night. I commend my unpretending work to the kindly notice of friends, in the beautiful lines of the late President Woolsey: "As one who, strolling on some Autumn day Through woods with Summer's life no longer crowned, Gathers the treasures fallen from many a spray. And shows his friends the choicest he has found; So, little book, do I, in life's decay, And seeing close at hand its wintry bound, Bid thee, with silent footsteps, go around To those that know me best, and whispering say: These leaves long pressed within the book of years, From which the colors may not quite have fled, Seek private audience from kindly ears, To tell what thoughts my Summer hours once fed. Receive them with mild silence; scorn them not: Let him that sends them be not quite forgot." 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.