This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ...some time they would have more correct ideas on such subjects, and that I might live to see the day when they would, in respect to exercise and being in the open air, imitate the customs of the old country. The streets of Vienna are brilliantly lit with gas, though a great many of the shops are closed in the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ...some time they would have more correct ideas on such subjects, and that I might live to see the day when they would, in respect to exercise and being in the open air, imitate the customs of the old country. The streets of Vienna are brilliantly lit with gas, though a great many of the shops are closed in the evenings, the merchants and trades-men being in the gardens. Towards evening they are filled with people in all sorts of costumes, the white fustinella of the Greek, mingling with the short gowns and tight jackets of the peasant women. One particular feature of Vienna is that the signs of the shops in addition to the names of the occupants, are painted to give you an idea of the contents within. And the paintings are well done too, not daubs, as sometimes seen in our streets, but remarkably well executed. To-morrow we go into Hungary for a little excursion, and after that we shall be ready to proceed Westward and Northward. LETTER LXV. Excursion into Hungary.--The Danube.--Marchfield.--Presburg.--California of Hungary.--Islands.--Komorn.--Magyars.--Gran.--Vissagrad.--Pesth.--Buda. Vienna, Aug. 28th. My Dbak F.: This is our last day in Vienna, for although we have by no means exhausted its sights, we have no more time to devote to them. As I said before, the greater part of the environs, that I should have taken so much pleasure in visiting, have been shut out from us by the weather, and although in the city there is a large number of picture galleries and museums, we have not cared to tire ourselves out in racing from one to the other. Selecting the best, we have devoted our time and attention to those, content to leave the others unvisited. And now I will give you a brief account of our excursion into Hungary. We left here Saturday morning, ..
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Good. SIGNED/INSCRIBED! Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. Sm 8vo. xiv, 368pp. Signed by author on front free endpage: "Revd [? ] McPherson / With the love of the Author / Philadelphia / Oct 19. '61." Good book. Spine cover chipped at back crown joint and lower 2/3 of front joint. Front joint cracked about 3.25" up from tail. Boards rubbed; some chipping on rear board. Board corners frayed. Pages are foxed and warped. Inquire if you need further information.
