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Penelope's PostscriptsPenelope's PostscriptsSalemina and I were in Geneva. If you had ever travelled through Europe with a charming spinster who never sat down at a Continental table dhte without being asked by an American vis--vis whether she were one of the P.s of Salem, Massachusetts,...
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North America — Volume 2North America — Volume 2The site of the present city of Washington was chosen with three special views; firstly, that being on the Potomac it might have the full advantage of water-carriage and a sea-port; secondly, that it might be so far removed from...
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North America — Volume 1North America — Volume 1It has been the ambition of my literary life to write a book about the United States, and I had made up my mind to visit the country with this object before the intestine troubles of the United States Government...
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Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand CairoNotes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo On the 20th of August, 1844, the writer of this little book went to dine at theClub, quite unconscious of the wonderful events which Fate had in store for him. Mr. William was there, giving...
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A Voyage to AbyssiniaA Voyage to AbyssiniaThe following relation is so curious and entertaining, and the dissertations that accompany it so judicious and instructive, that the translator is confident his attempt stands in need of no apology, whatever censures may fall on the performance. The Portuguese traveller,...
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The Journal of a Voyage to LisbonThe Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon In the beginning of August, 1753, when I had taken the duke of Portland's medicine, as it is called, near a year, the effects of which had been the carrying off the symptoms of a lingering imperfect...
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Voyage of the Paper CanoeVoyage of the Paper Canoe - A Geographical Journey of 2500 Miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, During the Years 1874-5The author left Quebec, Dominion of Canada, July 4, 1874, with a single assistant, in a wooden canoe eighteen feet in length,...
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The Mirror of the SeaThe Mirror of the SeaA Departure is not what a vain people of landsmen may think. The term Landfall is more easily understood; you fall in with the land, and it is a matter of a quick eye and of a clear atmosphere. The...
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The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain LifeThe Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life CHAPTER I -- THE FRONTIER CHAPTER II -- BREAKING THE ICE CHAPTER III -- FORT LEAVENWORTH CHAPTER IV -- JUMPING OFF CHAPTER V -- THE BIG BLUE CHAPTER VI -- THE PLATTE AND THE DESERT...
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The Travels of Sir John MandevilleThe Travels of Sir John MandevilleThe Travels of Sir John Mandeville were edited anonymously in 1725, in the version for which a Cotton manuscript in the British Museum is our only extant authority. From 1499, when they were first printed by Wynkyn de Worde,...
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A Lady's Life in the Rocky MountainsA Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains I have found a dream of beauty at which one might look all one's life and sigh. Not lovable, like the Sandwich Islands, but beautiful in its own way! A strictly North American beautysnow-splotched mountains, huge pines,...
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American NotesAmerican NotesMy readers have opportunities of judging for themselves whether the influences and tendencies which I distrusted in America, had, at that time, any existence but in my imagination. They can examine for themselves whether there has been anything in the public career of...
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Wild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryThis edition of Wild Wales has been carefully collated with the first edition, in order to ensure that the spelling of proper names shall be precisely as Borrow left it, and the running headings on the right-hand pages...
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Essays of TravelEssays of TravelOur friendship was not only founded before we were born by a community of blood, but is in itself near as old as my life. It began with our early ages, and, like a history, has been continued to the present time....
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Prayers Written At Vailima, and A Lowden Sabbath MornPrayers Written At Vailima, and A Lowden Sabbath MornIn every Samoan household the day is closed with prayer and the singing of hymns. The omission of this sacred duty would indicate, not only a lack of religious training in the house chief, but a...
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The Silverado SquattersThe Silverado SquattersThe scene of this little book is on a high mountain. There are, indeed, many higher; there are many of a nobler outline. It is no place of pilgrimage for the summary globe-trotter; but to one who lives upon its sides, Mount...
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The Bible in SpainThe Bible in Spain - Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman, in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the PeninsulaIt is very seldom that the preface of a work is read; indeed, of late years, most books have been sent...
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Vailima LettersVailima Letters - Being Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin, November 1890-October 1894So much of preface seems necessary to this volume as may justify its publication and explain its origin. The writer was for many years my closest friend. It was...
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Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)The chief beauty of this book lies not so much in its literary style, or in the extent and usefulness of the information it conveys, as in its simple truthfulness. Its pages form the...
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Eothen Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the EastEothen; Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the EastAt Semlin I still was encompassed by the scenes and the sounds of familiar life; the din of a busy world still vexed and cheered me; the unveiled faces of women still shone in the...
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