Author : Nathaniel Parker Willis
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.L/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean on Board an American Frigate by : Nathaniel Parker Willis
Download or read book Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean on Board an American Frigate written by Nathaniel Parker Willis and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1853 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of one of the most delicious episodes in a long period of foreign travel, this volume is the imperfect and hastily written transcript. Even at the time it was written, the author felt its experience to be a dream-so exempt was it from the interrupting and qualifying drawbacks of happiness in common and working life-but, now, after an interval of many years, it seems indeed like a dream, and one so full of unmingled pleasure, that its telling almost wants the contrast of a sadness. Of the noble ship, whose summer cruise is described, and her kind and hospitable officers, the recollection is as fresh and grateful now, as when, (twenty years ago, ) the author bade them farewell in the port of Smyrna. Of the scenes he passed through, while their guest, he has a less perfect remembrance-relying indeed on these chance memoranda, for much that would else be forgotten