PDF Books in Travel
Italian Hours
by Henry JamesItalian Hours is a book of travel writing by Henry James published in 1909. The book collected essays that James had written over nearly forty years about a country he knew and loved well. James extensively revised and sometimes expanded the essays to create a more consistent whole. He also added two new essays and an introduction.Italian Hours end..
A Little Tour in France
by Henry JamesA Little Tour in France is a book of travel writing by American writer Henry James. Originally published under the title En Province in 1883–1884 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, the book recounts a six-week tour James made of many provincial towns in France, including Tours, Bourges, Nantes, Toulouse, Arles and several others. The first book p..
Typee - A Romance of the South Seas
by Herman MelvilleTypee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American writer Herman Melville, published first in London, then New York, in 1846. Considered a classic in travel and adventure literature, the narrative is partly based on the author's actual experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands in 1842, liberally suppleme..
Omoo - Adventures in the South Seas
by Herman MelvilleOmoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is the second book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1847, and a sequel to his first South Sea narrative Typee, also based on the author's experiences in the South Pacific. After leaving the island of Nuku Hiva, the main character ships aboard a whaling vessel that mak..
Our Old Home - A Series of English Sketches
by Nathaniel HawthorneOur Old Home: A Series of English Sketches is a travel literature work by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I have not asked your consent, my dear General, to the foregoing inscription, because it would have been no inconsiderable disappointment to me had you withheld it; for I have long desired to connect your name with some book of mine, in commem..
The real Argentine - Notes and Impressions of a Year in the Argentine and Uruguay
by J. A. HammertonThe real Argentine: Notes and Impressions of a Year in the Argentine and Uruguay is a travel account written by J. A. Hammerton whose other works include George Meredith in Anecdote and Criticism, J. M. Barrie and his Books, Our Highland Tour, The Call of the Town, The Actor’s Art, Humorists of the Pencil, English Humorists of To-day.So many ..
A History of the Comstock Silver Lode & Mines
by Dan De QuilleA History of the Comstock Silver Lode & Mines: Nevada and the Great Basin Region; Lake Tahoe and the High Sierras.The central idea in the preparation of this little book has been to give, as concisely as possible, such information in regard to the silver mines of the Comstock as the visiting tourist is likely to require. In doing this it was th..
Upper Canada Sketches
by Thomas ConantIN presenting to the public these random sketches I crave the reader’s indulgence. I do not pretend to elegance of style in my writing, and if—as is doubtless the case—the canons of literary form are occasionally offended against in these pages, I ask the kindly consideration of the critics.If asked my reasons for publishing the volume, I would sta..