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    1612 The Publishers' Circular Dec. 6,188...

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    flecked sky on a branch of holly , is y almost worth , the price , of the book .

    Untrodden Peaks and XTnfrequentsd Valleys , by Amelia B . Edwards . This

    wellknown book has long been out of printand

    therefore we , are glaa to find that a

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    pub-~ m ^^ m ^^^ ^ v ^ m ^ ~^^ ^ ik « s w ^^ ^^^ F % ^ r lished in an attractive form .

    Sixteen years have elapsed

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    in the Dolomites first ^^ ^ ^^ V ^^ ^ appeared * mr ^ n . r Ki ^ ^ h' W ^^ M ^ i ^ ^^ - ,

    and Miss Edwards has now

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    may render the work more

    usef ul to travellers in what is still

    a tered very and seques little - traversed

    region . Some of the rough bridle-paths have been superseded by good roads , and in other respects travel has been facilitated , but the people remain as unsophisticated and kindly as ever , and a sojourn in their their midst midst is ia lull full of of interest interest and a / nrl old old- - worl world d charm fVharm . The r Plift Dnlomit Dolomite . fi district rli » t . rir » f is in most mnst , p easil > asi 1 v

    approached from Botzin , Brunecken , or Venice ; and the artist , the geologist , and the Alpine y climber can all find much that is attractive within its area . The traveller needs , however , some ing knowled illustration ge of Italian will show and German is full of , for charming French is ictures not spoken which . hel This fireside book , as travellers the accom to

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    1612 The Publishers' Circular Dec. 6,188...

    1612 The Publishers' Circular Dec . 6 , 188

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1612, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/78/