Excerpt from The New Baedeker: Being Casual Notes of an Irresponsible Traveller On these steamers, the gregariousness is wonder ful; the irting, though of a rudimentary character, is incessant. Unless the sea rises in its might and compels the stewards to lash the deck-chairs to the brass railings, and to put racks upon the tables in the dining-saloon, there will be no end to the in numerable staccato confidences which assail your ears above the clanging of the machinery, the quiver of the screws, and the clatter of the ...
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Excerpt from The New Baedeker: Being Casual Notes of an Irresponsible Traveller On these steamers, the gregariousness is wonder ful; the irting, though of a rudimentary character, is incessant. Unless the sea rises in its might and compels the stewards to lash the deck-chairs to the brass railings, and to put racks upon the tables in the dining-saloon, there will be no end to the in numerable staccato confidences which assail your ears above the clanging of the machinery, the quiver of the screws, and the clatter of the knives and forks. Every woman seems to have become either a Marie Bashkirtsefi' or a Mary maclane, who instead of writing out what she has to say, screams it down the deck or from table to table in the saloon at any one of the seven meals which are provided for you. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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