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Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-20

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 9780484262897

Excerpt from Tourists' Guide for Pleasure Trips to the Summer Resorts, Sea Bathing and Watering Places Convenient to Baltimore and Its Vicinity The chief difficulty in the way of the auspicious introduction of a work like this, is to awaken the active interest of those whom it is the object of the Publishers primarily to serve. To present to those in quest of health or pleasure a comprehensive survey of the various routes opening up in every direction from Baltimore, it is necessary to enlist the co-operation not only of those controlling rival routes of tra vel, but rival hostelries, sea-side resorts, mineral regions and mountain retreats of every description. The great variety of these, accessible to Baltimore, adds not only to the attractive field which we have chosen for our work, but multiplies by its very attractiveness the difficulties of the undertaking. Whatever discrepancies or short-comings may be detected in this First Edition, must therefore be attributed to these natural obstacles, which by presenting themselves, have not only sharpened our appetite for ultimate success, but have indicated to us the lines that lead to it. N o effort will be Spared, on the part of the publishers, to make the succeeding editions of their Guide more and more worthy of patron age and confidence; as from the very nature of the work, it cannot be made subservient to any peculiar interests, but those of the tourist, seeking from this centre the various Routes of Travel that open up to him the fields of pleasure, or sources of healthful recreation, so bounti fully bestowed throughout this favored region. Leaving the analysis of waters, or the details of rail-road, or steamboat or hotel accommoda tions to those who choose to avail themselves of our advertising pages, we aim to show the general scope of: those attractive fields lying at our very doors, and invite the attention of the Tourist to the fact that Within a few hour's travel in almost every direction, we have not only the Surf of the Ocean, but Hot Springs, Glaciers, * Caves, Grottoes Lakes, Mountains, and pastoral attractions which rival many of those allurements of travel so attractively set forth in European Guide Books. 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.