Author: J. Jay Smith

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-06

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9781330812723

Excerpt from Summer's Jaunt Across the Water, Vol. 1 of 2: Including Visits to England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Etc The following letters were written during a hasty glance at some of the countries of Europe, to which the author went without much preparation of thought; a sudden departure gave small opportunity to procure introductions, or, to form plans; indeed it was contemplated to do little more than visit London and Paris, and to return immediately, after trying the utility of a sea-voyage. Once upon the soil of Europe, the interest of the scenes invited me onward; contrast succeeded contrast so rapidly, that it became difficult to break away, and thus I was tempted to pay hurried visits to Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, and Scotland, seeing, it is true, only the surface in those countries, but highly gratified even with this. In England I enjoyed greater facilities; and having every where experienced the greatest kindness, even from perfect strangers, I consult my own feelings in recommending all who can afford the time, to go and do likewise; they will lay up a fund of agreeable recollections, which time only can efface. 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.