Excerpt from Letters From Abroad to Kindred at Home, Vol. 1 of 2AN apology for a book implies that the public are obliged to read it; an Obligation that would reverse the order of nature - transfer the power from the strong to the weak. But, unfortunately for them, there is aportion of the public who are, in a certain sense, obliged to read a book - the kind friends of the author; and among these, I say it gratefully, not boastfully, I have the happiness to number many of my countrymen personally unknown to me. Of my friends, then, I ask indulgence for the following pages. They are published rather with deference to the wishes Of others than from any false estimate Of their worth. Our tour was made under circumstances which forbade any divergence from the highway Of all the travelling world, and.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.

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