My Trip To The Orient Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from From the Orient to the Occident: Or L. Boyer's Trip Across the Rocky Mountains in April, 1877 Dear Friends: Let me disarm criticism beforehand by assuring you that no person could point out a failure or a shortcoming in this little book, which I do not know all about and deplore. In fact, I have my doubts as to calling it a book at all. No, let me rather say, that this book of mine is a vehicle through which, with a longing for sympathy, I convey to you my pleasure, annoyances and experiences in the journey it narrates; or, if you like it better, it is a casket enshrining the memory of many a pleasant hour made bright and indelible by your companionship, your kindness, your attention and hospitality. Take then, these recollections, dear friends, and each one of you find among these lines something worthy of respect; and, for you, O critic! if you will indeed attempt to find fault with what is written, remember that in all courtesy you should deal gently and generously with a work proclaiming itself from the outset not so much a book as long gossipy lectures to one's friends, and an amicable attempt to convey to them some of the delights it commemorates. And if you do not find a great deal in it, dear critic, remember that to competently judge of these lectures one must have learned to read between the lines and find there the pith and the memory of the whole. 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.