PDF Books in Travel
Florida trails
by Winthrop PackardThe principal street of the town runs east and west from the boat landing to the railroad station. It is laid out so wide that the wagon tracks rather get lost in it and wander uncertainly from side to side, so wide that it takes three rows of stately, moss-bearded oaks to shade it, two between the broad sidewalks and the street, a third down the m..
Travels through the states of North America, and the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada
by Isaac WeldAt a period when war was spreading desolation over the fairest parts of Europe, when anarchy seemed to be extending its frightful progress from nation to nation, and when the storms that were gathering over his native country[1] in particular, rendered it impossible to say how soon any one of its inhabitants might be forced to seek for refuge in a ..
Travels in Nova Scotia in the Year 1913
by C. G. HineNova Scotia was a sudden inspiration, induced by the enthusiasm of a friend who had enjoyed a recent vacation here, and after some correspondence with Nova Scotians who knew their country, I selected the coast line between Yarmouth and Halifax.The afternoon of October 12, 1913, saw me venturing forth from Boston on the Governor Cobb. The day had be..
Unnoticed London
by Elizabeth MontizambertThe following brief account of a few of the things that have interested me in London is not intended for the use of the inveterate sightseer, for whom so many admirable and complete fingerposts to the study of old London have been written, by such experts as Mr. Bell, Mr. Wilfred Whitten, Mr. E. V. Lucas, Mr. Ordish and Mr. Hare. It is meant for th..
The Wild North Land
by William Francis ButlerPeople are supposed to have an object in every journey they undertake in this world. A man goes to Africa to look for the Nile, to Rome to see the Coliseum or St. Peter’s; and once, I believe, a certain traveller tramped all the way to Jerusalem for the sole purpose of playing ball against the walls of that city.As this matter of object, then, seem..
Venice
by Mary Sturge GrettonVENICE herself is poetry, and creates a poet out of the dullest clay.” It was a poet who spoke, and his clay was instinct with the breath of genius. But it is true that Venice lends wings to duller clay; it has been her fate to make poets of many who were not so before—a responsibility that entails loss on her as well as gain.She has lived—she has ..
Among Cannibals
by Carl LumholtzIn the year 1880 I undertook an expedition to Australia, partly at the expense of the University of Christiania, with the object of making collections for the zoological and zootomical museums of the University, and of instituting researches into the customs and anthropology of the little-known native tribes which inhabit that continent.At the comm..
Ten Years in Washington
by Mary ClemmerTen Years in Washington or, Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital as a Woman Sees Them to Which Is Added a Full Account of the Life and Death of President James A. Garfield. A full account of the many marvels and interesting sights of washington; of the daily life at the white house, both past and present; of the wonders and inside wo..