Recollections of Europe, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Recollections of Europe, Vol. 1 of 2 It is not a very difiicult task to make what is commonly called an amusing book of travels. Any one who will tell, with a reasonable de gree of graphic efl'ect, what he has seen, will not fail to' carry the reader with him; for the interest we all feel in personal adventure is, of itself, success. But it is much more diffi cult to give an honest and a discriminating summary of what one has seen. The mind so naturally turns to exceptions, that an observer has great need of self-distrust, of the powers of analysis, and, most of all, of a knowledge of the world, to be what the lawyers call a safe witness. 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.