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Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-16

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9781333615338

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Excerpt from The Irish Tourist's Illustrated Handbook for Visitors to Ireland in 1852 The traveller will glance at Ireland now simply from the traveller's point of view, and doubtless thousands who read this Guide will desire to have some statistics to enable them to estimate accurately the present position and character of this, to them, completely new country which they are approaching. By most of those needing a Guide like this, Ireland will be regarded as a land of picturesque attractions, and frolic, and romantic associations; but the beautiful scenes about to be explored must not be gazed at as mere pictures and some facts are, therefore, here pointed out as an introduction, which, contributing to correct conclusions, may enhance general gratification. From the traveller's point of view Ireland is not to be considered politically or polemically, but socially and commercially. Two or three circumstances first attract his attention. Ireland now presents one of the most extraordinary social spectacles ever witnessed in the history of civilisation. She is in a transition state. On the one hand, her native population has, in ten years, been diminished directly 20 per cent., and indirectly, in the sense of having lost the natural increase, by 30 per cent. On the other hand, the owner ship of her soil is changing hands; the old encumbered being succeeded by a new and unencumbered proprietary. And while these vast changes are going on, a railway system has arisen, which, in regard to the machinery for promoting the prosperity of a people, places Ireland next after England and Belgium in Europe. The labour market is thus eased of surplus hands who, in America, have found contentment and prosperity. Free capital is introduced for the development of agriculture. The railways present themselves to increase the value of the land in the districts which they traverse, to multiply the rural markets, to stimulate manufacture, to promote trade, and to put all Ireland in direct communication on the one coast with England and Scotland, and on the other shores with the buoyant and beckoning western world. Ireland, no doubt, is still reeling under the consequences of the famine of '46 but, looking to material resources only, it is obvious that no country in the world has at this moment more distinct prospects of an onward career. Everything is there, consequently, to be looked at with reference to those considerations. 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 The Irish Tourist's Illustrated Handbook for Visitors to Ireland in 1852 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Irish Tourist's Illustrated Handbook for Visitors to Ireland in 1852 The traveller will glance at Ireland now simply from the traveller's point of view, and doubtless thousands who read this Guide will desire to have some statistics to enable them to estimate accurately the present position and character of this, to them, completely new country which they are approaching. By most of those needing a Guide like this, Ireland will be regarded as a land of picturesque attractions, and frolic, and romantic associations; but the beautiful scenes about to be explored must not be gazed at as mere pictures and some facts are, therefore, here pointed out as an introduction, which, contributing to correct conclusions, may enhance general gratification. From the traveller's point of view Ireland is not to be considered politically or polemically, but socially and commercially. Two or three circumstances first attract his attention. Ireland now presents one of the most extraordinary social spectacles ever witnessed in the history of civilisation. She is in a transition state. On the one hand, her native population has, in ten years, been diminished directly 20 per cent., and indirectly, in the sense of having lost the natural increase, by 30 per cent. On the other hand, the owner ship of her soil is changing hands; the old encumbered being succeeded by a new and unencumbered proprietary. And while these vast changes are going on, a railway system has arisen, which, in regard to the machinery for promoting the prosperity of a people, places Ireland next after England and Belgium in Europe. The labour market is thus eased of surplus hands who, in America, have found contentment and prosperity. Free capital is introduced for the development of agriculture. The railways present themselves to increase the value of the land in the districts which they traverse, to multiply the rural markets, to stimulate manufacture, to promote trade, and to put all Ireland in direct communication on the one coast with England and Scotland, and on the other shores with the buoyant and beckoning western world. Ireland, no doubt, is still reeling under the consequences of the famine of '46 but, looking to material resources only, it is obvious that no country in the world has at this moment more distinct prospects of an onward career. Everything is there, consequently, to be looked at with reference to those considerations. 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.