Travel

The Red House on Rowan StreetWhen Hugh Burton stepped from the train at High Ridge, he wondered (in his ignorance of the events that were about to engage him) whether he would be able to catch a return train that evening. He had no...

The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. I. Being the First of the First Voyage.With Lieutenant Cook, in this voyage, embarked Joseph Banks, Esquire, a gentleman possessed of considerable landed property in Lincolnshire. He received the education of a scholar rather...

Jongens van Oudt-HollandEr bestaat over het verblijf van Czaar Peter den Grooten te Zaandam reeds een uitgebreide litteratuur. De Heer Jac. Scheltema, die als vrederechter in deze stad heeft gewoond, vond er belangrijke aanteekeningen door den Zaandammer lakenkoopman en vroedschap Jan Cornelisz Noomen over...

Stevenson at ManasquanThree hundred copies of this book by Charlotte Eaton, Bookfellow No. 550, Francis Dickie, Bookfellow No. 716, and George Steele Seymour, Bookfellow No. 1, have been printed. Mrs. Eaton's memoir is an elaboration of one previously published by Thomas Y. Crowell Co....

Italian BackgroundsTo the mind curious in contrastssurely one of the chief pleasures of travelthere can be no better preparation for a descent into Italy than a sojourn among the upper Swiss valleys. To pass from the region of the obviously picturesquethe country contrived, it...

Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China - Including a visit to the tea, silk, and cotton countries; with an account of the agriculture and horticulture of the Chinese, new plants, etc.Introduction.Erroneous Notions regarding China.No correct Sources of Information.Information gleaned from the...

裨海紀遊 You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days of receipt of the work. 1.F.3....

Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada* * * * * * * Mountaineers will realize, from these descriptions of Sierra climbs, how few dangers we encountered which might not have been avoided by time and caution. Since the uncertain perils of glacier work and snow...

In Search of Treasure Chapter I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI, XXXVII, XXXVIII. Certainly,...

Abroad and at Home; Practical Hints for TouristsA continuous residence in London of eight years has satisfied me that precisely such a book, so far as it relates to that city, which my friend and once junior legal associate now presents is popularly needed....

Letters from Switzerland and Travels in ItalyWhen, a few years ago, the copies of the following letters were first made known to us, it was asserted that they had been found among Werther's papers, and it was pretended that before his acquaintance with Charlotte,...

Albert Durer a Venise et dans les Pays-Bas - autobiographie, lettres, journal de voyages, papiers diversNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches...

Kolme miestä veneessäTmn kirjan suurin arvo ei ole sen taiteellisessa esitystavassa eik laajoissa, hydyllisiss tiedoissa, joita lukija siit ammentaa, vaan sen todenperisyydess. Siin kerrotaan asioita, jotka todella ovat tapahtuneet. Totta kyll, ett niit on hieman vritetty, mutta tekij ei ole ottanut lispalkkiota vaivoistaan. George...

Tierras Solares - Obras Completas Vol. IIIDespus de algunos aos vuelvo a Barcelona, tierra buena. En otra ocasin os he dicho mis impresiones de este pas grato y amable, en donde la laboriosidad es virtud comn y el orgullo innato y el sustento de...

Wanderings in SpainA few weeks ago (April, 1840), I happened, in an off-hand manner, to give utterance to the following phrase:"I should like to go to Spain." Five or six days afterwards, my friends had suppressed the prudent "I should like," with which I...

The Cruise of the "Janet Nichol" Among the South Sea Islands: A DiaryIt is always necessary to make certain elisions in a diary not meant for publication at the time of writing. For many reasons "The Cruise of the Janet Nichol" has been pruned...

History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. II - To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty-second day of...

Voyages en SibérieNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Pour rendre plus complte la connaissance de cette contre,...

Journal of my journey over the mountains - while surveying for Lord Thomas Fairfax, baron of Cameron, in the northern neck of Virginia, beyond the Blue Ridge, in 1747-8.This journal of George Washington, now for the first time printed entire and with literal exactness,...

Henry Irving's Impressions of America - Narrated in a Series of Sketches, Chronicles, and ConversationsThis book is the outcome of a desire to chronicle, in a lasting form, some of the events of a tour which your kindness has made a delight to Ellen...