Notes Of Travel Being A Journal Of A Tour In Europe

Author : John P. Hiester
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ISBN 13 : 9781330688793
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (887 download)

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Download or read book Notes of Travel written by John P. Hiester and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes of Travel: Being a Journal of a Tour in Europe In common, perhaps, with the majority of persons inhabiting this Western Continent, did I entertain, at an early period of my life, a strong desire to visit the great Eastern World - the land of my forefathers, and the source of all our institutions, civil and religious; except that one, that greatest of all institutions, the institution of Liberty and self-government. Nor is it at all singular, that by commencing the study of a profession, whose annals are so richly stored by the labours of its eminent European members, whose practical utility has been so much enhanced by observations conducted in those immense and well regulated European hospitals, this desire should be increased. Bound, however, by the force of circumstances, after entering upon the active duties of my arduous calling, I had almost relinquished every idea of having my wish gratified, when by misfortunes incident to human life, operating on a constitution already enfeebled, it became necessary for a while to intermit my labours. This appeared to me a favourable season, not only for gratifying a long entertained desire, and benefiting my health, but also for comparing the practice of my profession in my own country, with that of foreign lands; and thus rendering myself more useful to my fellow-citizens, whose confidence I have had the honor so extensively to enjoy. With this motive, and these views, then, I left my home and ray friends, on the 16th of April, 1841, to complete my arrangements in the cities of Philadelphia and New York, previously to my embarcation. As the places and objects I visited on my tour, have been again and again described, and by very many far abler pens than my own, and as I have not the least ambition to aspire to authorship, I shall give a simple narrative of my wanderings, in the journal form, in the order in which the objects were viewed, and the impressions made from day to day; pruning redundancies, or adding explanatory details, as occasion may require. 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.