Author: Captain Basil Hall

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Published: 2015-07-11

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 9781331165651

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Excerpt from Skimmings or a Winter at Schloss Hainfeld in Lower Styria, Vol. 1 of 2 Having on three different occasions made excursions on the Continent, under circumstances of considerable variety, it lately occurred to me that selections from my journals might perhaps be favourably received, either by persons who had never visited the scenes described, or by those who had already seen them, but might choose to view them again through the eyes of another. I accordingly set to work to skim off such parts of my notes as, either from the buoyancy of the expression, or from retaining a portion of the freshness of original interest, had floated to the surface. But I soon found these skimmings accumulate under my hands in much greater quantity than I had anticipated, or than, I feared, might be relished by others. In this dilemma, I bethought me of the well-known device of the Aeronauts, or Luftschiffer - literally sky-sailors - as the Germans, with their usual pithy quaintness, call them; and resolved to send off a pilot-balloon to ascertain how the wind set. The following episode was accordingly selected for publication; and if, when let loose, it take the right direction, or, in other words, if it meet with a current of public favour, I may perhaps venture to cut the ropes of the larger work, now in the course of inflation, and trust the whole to the same friendly notice. 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 Skimmings Or a Winter at Schloss Hainfeld in Lower Styria, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Captain Basil Hall and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Skimmings or a Winter at Schloss Hainfeld in Lower Styria, Vol. 1 of 2 Having on three different occasions made excursions on the Continent, under circumstances of considerable variety, it lately occurred to me that selections from my journals might perhaps be favourably received, either by persons who had never visited the scenes described, or by those who had already seen them, but might choose to view them again through the eyes of another. I accordingly set to work to skim off such parts of my notes as, either from the buoyancy of the expression, or from retaining a portion of the freshness of original interest, had floated to the surface. But I soon found these skimmings accumulate under my hands in much greater quantity than I had anticipated, or than, I feared, might be relished by others. In this dilemma, I bethought me of the well-known device of the Aeronauts, or Luftschiffer - literally sky-sailors - as the Germans, with their usual pithy quaintness, call them; and resolved to send off a pilot-balloon to ascertain how the wind set. The following episode was accordingly selected for publication; and if, when let loose, it take the right direction, or, in other words, if it meet with a current of public favour, I may perhaps venture to cut the ropes of the larger work, now in the course of inflation, and trust the whole to the same friendly notice. 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.