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^He Origin And History Of Murray's Handb...
ajid Efcel Mrs for . Starke Switzerland far Ital , B y . oyce Hers 'for was Belgitiiii a work ,
medley of- Wyi of ¦ utility classical ¦ ¦ , because lore ¦ , borrowed , amidst ¦ from a singular teikr
regu g ^^~^^^ i ^» iere —m **~ ^ T ^^^ " ^ lating " ^^^ ' ^\ a ^ D ^^ ict the " ^^ ^^^~ i onary » ^^» " ^^ charges ^^^ ™ ™ , ™— interwoven —~ ^^™ " , *^ m in - ~ " ~ — — -w washing " with ^ * ' — -bills i — details * * at
on Sorrento mmthe origin and ^ " ^^ mm Nap of . Devonshire les , anc mm \ l an Cream e lab mm ora , k- t in which h eory \ m \ . . _ — ^^^
s h lonists e proves from that Asia it was / Minor brought into by the Phoenician * West of
mation England ga , thered it contained on the spot . h pract But ical I set infor forth
guide for the excepting North of a Europe few manuscript unprovided notes with about any
towns , and inns & cin Hollandfurnished me — - by my good _ _ friend , _ _ , Dr . Somerville _ , husband
of of t t he he ^ learned greatest ^ j ^^ Mrs hise . . Somervilje Sorry was . These I , wheia were on
landing of of suc mich h at friendly friftTi Hamburg filv aid a . id , . I found It It was was myself this this that tliat destitute , Im im - -
information pressed on my gathered mirid on the the value spot of and practica I set to l
mation work to collect statistics for myself & cw all hich the , facts E , infor lish , , , ng
useful tourist . would I travelled be likel thu y s , to note require -book in or hand , iind ,
the and Picture whether Gallery in the 5 street noted , the down Eilwagen , or t
as it occurred . * These , note-books ( of every which I possess many dozens ) were emptied put on my
return home , arranged in Routes , along with H such istory bthei Architecture * information Geology as I could and gather otfer on
fina subj l ects l , I submitted suited to a them , traveller to ' s , father need : y and He , had known y , nothing of my % / scheme my Ibut — thoug , ht
nam lay e work of " wort Handbook h publishing ^ y __ " a title , and applied _ ^_ , g ave b — it y him ^ the ^
for these the Houtes first would time to hav , an e been English of comparativel ~ book - . But y
little upon value which , except they for were the laid princi down ple . 1 p had lan
to consult the wants and convenience of facts travellers f . Arriving ¦ in i ¦ - the ¦ ¦ k at order a city & and li arrangement ke l Berlin ¦ I had of my to
to find ^~ - ~ ~^~ make ~~~ — ~— jout ^ . ™ ^^^ a ^~ ^^ what - ^ selection ^^— v ™ ^ w ^^^^ was ' ^ - ^ ^^ of ^^ ° ^ r reall - ^ r such mew - ^— w y ^^^ ^^^ worth ^^ objects »^^ ^ . ^ p ^^* v ^ b ^^^ ^^^ ^^ v seeing ^^^ , ^^ ^^ b and ^^ m , ^ h ^^^^^ ^^ b to there ^^ V ^^ V ^ i ^^ tell ^ B ^^ ^^^ ,
how practice best of to local see guide them -books , avoiding , whic the h , in ordinary inflated la
be nguag said— e , not cram bewildering in everything my that readers can poss by ibl de y -
most scribing condensed all that mi and ght be simp seen lest —an sty d le lising in the det
to scri point ption of out special things obj peculiar «^ f ,. « . I to made tne it a my ct aim ^ r
where which " ¦ JL — . ¦ — . — mig Having ht — " »~» - be ^— ^^ ~— f ^ % better drawn t ^ ^** . * ^ .. w v M w "" y ' ^^ seen up h ¦ m ^ my mm there mm tm w ^ Routes mm * ^^ **** than ^ im ^^ ^ JL . ^^ , ^ j , * ¦ else , ** and ta ^^ ^» mm ^* -
ceeded having to had test ~~ - them them roug b ¦ V y W lending hly set them in type to , friends I
proverified abou ~ ~ — - ~ ^^ t — to or travel ^^ ^^ " - criticised — — - ^~ r ^^ , ^^ - ^ mr in ^^ w ^ - i ^ ' ^ h ^^ - ^ ^ " - ^ - order ' ^^ on ^ mr m ^ — ^» — ^^»^ ^^ the ^ ^ p r ^ ' ^ ^ that i ^^ B mmr ^^ ^ mr ^ m * spot p HK ^ p m ^ r _ ^ 1 - ^ ^ they ' m ^^ ' ^ ^^ ^ . ^ mm- m ^ m ^ m ^ I * H * ^ f m ^^ did ' «* ig ^ J ^ ^» ^^ - « ht ^^ ^ V h ^*^^ ^ not M ffVfH * . be . ^ fc ^ ^ ^ ^ » ^ ^ ^ ^
journeys begin to publish and temporary until ¦ ¦¦ b after - residences ¦¦ ¦ several successive in Con mmi
-^ traversed tinental H ^ « cities beaten " ^ ^» ' ^ — ' , elnd Routes ™ gw ™ " after — w but ^^^ ^^^ I ^^ " ^ r ^ had ' ^ i ^ " ™ ^™ lored ^^ ^^ V r ^^ not ^ P ^ ^ various ^^ ^ onl ^^ ^ W ^ ^ P * y , exp
yet districts penetrated into . which my countrymen had not \
sing — _ ^^^ 4 4 l ^^ X e ^^ be i rai — _ ^ ^ l ^^ an way T mJ my had travels j i _ been ^^^ . ^^ _ i ^^ ^ _ . not begun r «^ ^^ i r ^ k ** onl \ _ t , y but F ^ pf i before ^ m ^* o w w 9 < hile ^ ^ mt mt t ^ a ^^ p
t North ' U The Germany first of was m ^ ' yet Handbdoks ignorant of to Macadam the Con , - ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ — m
^ tinenfci lumai punished id Norffi ! ^ tSS eroi 6 } ib ^ $ n jaA ^^ n ^ ^ ^ l ^ i ^ bwed Bel- I I
Ian s ^ : i £ 4 li — c , £ ^| i k n ' uHwE which ^ b ^ X ^^ tras 3 !^^ ^ ^ s if ^ % te BOrti ^ ^ fepi itip | if % ^ i ^ l * ifezer good - I I frSen ^ mlfellbw ^ ravellerI
^ m fortunate by the me artist ; - btit e r nough an , d as France the to secure . seri ^ es ^ such se proceeded % able e ^| colleag ## , ritten I was u I I I
es son as Richard lor E ^ ^ - Ford tSir for Francis Spain , Sir Pal Gardner grave f 6 ^ | r Wilkin North - I I
j Bowen Italy , D for r . p P Greece orter , for Sir P Lambert alestine , Pla Sfr -tffair George for I I d h , d
Al Dennis giers for an Sicil te y , M ifec e . iterranean .. In 1839 , appeared MrT George the I I
for first Holland of Baed and eker Bel ' s long ium series written of G in l ides German , that I I g .
t The he compiler Pref ml ^^ ace ik h containe ' s obligation A d an , acknowled to " the _ k ¦ most gment md is of - I I . . ^* ^ ^
published tinguis ^ hed ^ , ^ ' ' ( Murray ausgezeichnets 's Handbook ^ te ) Guide for - Travellers book ^ ever / I I which has served as the foundation of > Baede- I
ker Germany ' s little published book . " He 1842 bega by n again his j ^ referring ruide to 11 ! I
to the M ^ mi idea mmmt urray ' o , f ' s his Re ^ B *^ K d own ^ Boo ^^ P ^ k , k though * as , haying mm— , as A hi " s g iven ml k pro him - . ^ I I
ressedhe found he could retain / onlthe I g frame of , his originals % Ko doubt $ ; \ with y ^ my I
book use > V m ~ - the - read mr ¦ lan ¦ y m and - a d e ¦¦— to r » w hand H ement - , -mm he - -mr m was to ~^ m ~^ mr cor -m enabled -m rect mmm - ^ mr- » en to - , I I ^ ^^^^^^^— ^^ — ^ p ™— ^^ ^ ~ m . mm tm ^ - ^ ' ^ m ^^ ^ arrang ^^ mi ^^— m W — ' ^^^^^^ ^— mM ¦ ^ " ^ mi ^ mm , ^ % ^ ^ ml ^^^ ^^^ " ^ , ^^^ _ ^ ^ ¦ ; ^^^ 1 H ^
thoug large , ht and -useful fill * in to wit Germans h such , information as for instance * as b he y ¦ ' I I
ben sednloiisl were y to pointing be found out . where The acknowled the best Bierstu gment - 11 I of obligation amounts to this : " in my first ¦ I
lated edition freel o I y cop from ied , M ex urray tracted ' s , b < -and 1 oks . even As I trans pro - - I I
St ceeded ili fragments I found I was of transl able , to ated do without passages them long . " I I
Survived such a blunder , and may as the be-even following now . detected In one b of y I I the southern Swiss valleys Murray gays " the I
rendere slate rocks d bB here . " are are full of wit red h red garnets" - 11 I I y overgrown g » jt ~^ ¦ pome X ¦
granates editions , " but a m which istake I whic find h corrected runs through in that many of I I 1873 f - ^ mr . , Nineteei i m— i travellers ~ mr -m- mmi out ~ ~ i of ¦ twenty ; I
accident ^ would ^ * ^ rmr ^^ -mm - ^^ - - -mm ^ - ~ m ' ^^ ^ * mr ^» ^ have n - ^ —— - ^ of - w ^^ - ^ ^— ¦ —^^ passed iny ^ - ^ — mr ^— ^ m " ^ - ^ ^ ^ mr- having - ^ ^ — m— ' ^ m-mr m the mmr ^^ — — ^ ^^ ^ v ^ ^ ^^ ^ garnets ^ devoted - ^ v ^ ^ mm -mmr " ^ mr- m mmu ^^ n r ^ ^^ ^^ i ^ ^ unnoticed m * ^^^^ p some - | ^ _ ^ f ^^^ 4 ^ ^^ ^^ 4 ^^ ^ I ^ ^ ^ BV ^ time ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ mW ^ m ; ^ ^ ^ mr ^ the to mm I I *
the garnets stud , a not geology unusual caused occurrence me to notice in slate the I I be
traced rocks -mr m ^ — — ' - ^^ - ^ . - — ^~ ¦ other Throug ^^ ^» ¦ ^^ — ¦ ¦ results ^^ hout ^ »™ » ' ^ ¦ ^ ' ^ ^^ ^^ ¦ the of i ^^^ my . v ^ Handbooks ^ w private V ^^ ^^ ^ B * V WM ^ W ™* F ™^^ F reading ^^ m may ^ m ^ ^^ mr ^ t ^ r ^ m — * j , j I I ^ h
w books hich . stamp My tastes a special , studies character , and predilections on these I I mark si mmt —v the mmm -mm- ori - ~~ - mmm ginality of 1 my tfflr writingand flV ¦ it is I
impossible picking ^ V ^ m m * m w ^ v * up my ^ but ^ jmW * * threads ™ m ¦ m * . ^ m that -wmr mmm ^^ ^ T any ^^ onaafter r ^ H * ^^^ K one W W W rfb ^ k another following ^ # m ™ f ^* ^* ] W ^& , 4 ^ V ^ F t should ^>^^* ^^ and I I
not betray himself as a copyist . I publis how * easy Messrs hed it to . is Baedeker wi produce th a book another have re lon ad ! y g book printed ago on proved and the I I I
themselves same out ¦ mrmmmm . - — mm in ~ m m ~ w-m subject -- mw the mm m . V WPV m of ¦ - ** ¦ mwrn and its mm , - » Red rmw riK c f A information identical ^ * mm «« , ta - - * **\ * - ¦ mm a \ , ** « W IV ^^ » ^^ in ^ * +,- % _ . , » p send ^ mWtm lan ^ ' ¦ " * - \ Jm . ^ J — mm ing m-Jt-mMU availing ^^ T ^ m ' them ~> r m " * , Mm I I
the laws of sam tmr % e ri *^ ht . Come I r do , yet not not complain infring ^ ill ing of j I I
-mmm mm --mr — m . r-m- - w ** mr - ~ mr mm copy --m- m ** - w a g 1 " % " ™* ¦ ^** ^*^ <*< % >^ ^ ^^ ^^ ~ mmmjt ^^ " * ~* — H they then ^ , — have they doner were ; but legal after ly entitled they have to do dogged what I I
my throug footsteps h Holland fro , m Bel one ^ iijm country , Germany to ^ another , jSranco - , I I Switzerland , Jtaly ( iforth and Sbuih )^ Greece , I
Syna ^ JSgypt , JEngland , ' and' Scotland ! ,- - was in
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1889, page 1390, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111889/page/12/
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