Universal Traveller

Excerpt from The Universal Traveller: Designed to Introduce Readers at Home to an Acquaintance With the Arts, Customs, and Manners of the Principal Modern Nations on the Globe When the author first announced his intended expedition, it was doubtful whether his patrons would be sufficiently numerous to meet the expenses incident to the undertaking. That doubt no longer exists. On the contrary, scarcely had he rested from the labors of his first tour, when it was announced that the subscription list was filled, and the company even waiting to attend him on the second. With the best endeavors to serve them, and to render the second tour more entertaining and acceptable than the first, he has made every preparation for their pleasure and accommodation, within his power. He has looked over the whole course, and so amended his plans, as to avoid some passed, which, if not dangerous, were tedious and unprofitable. Not a few rough, places will be found to be smoother; and in all respects even the fastidious traveller will find, it is believed, less to censure and condemn-perhaps, more to praise and admire. But aside from figure; as in the first edition, so in the second, the author has been obliged to omit a notice altogether of a few countries, and to abridge somewhat more than he would wish, his account of others. In general, however, the countries of which no notice is taken, are either of minor importance, or those of which ample particulars are to be found in works, which have been widely circulated through the country. With these deductions, the author fiatters himself that the patrons of the work will feel that he has redeemed his pledge, and that it may still with some propriety be styled, "The Universal Traveller." As to the sources from which the materials of the volume have been derived, the author will only say, that they are by far too numerous to be specified in this place. Credit has been generally given in the body of the work to authors whose labors have been used. 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.