Author: Sir John Alexander Hammerton
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ISBN:
Category : Cévennes Mountains (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
In the Track of R.L. Stevenson and Elsewhere in Old France
Author: Sir John Alexander Hammerton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cévennes Mountains (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cévennes Mountains (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
In the Track of R.L. Stevenson and Elsewhere in Old France
Author: Sir John Alexander Hammerton
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781290193177
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781290193177
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
In the Track of Robert Louis Stevenson and Elsewhere in Old France
Author: John Alexander Hammerton
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465613374
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The mountainous district of France to which, somewhat loosely, Stevenson applies the name Cevennes, lies along the western confines of Provence, and overlaps on several departments, chief of which are Ardèche, Lozère, Gard, and Herault. In many parts the villages and the people have far less in common with France and the French than Normandy and the Normans have with provincial England. Here in these mountain fastnesses and sheltered valleys the course of life has flowed along almost changeless for centuries, and here, too, we shall find much that is best in the romantic history and natural grandeur of France. Remote from Paris, and happily without the area of the "cheap trip" organisers, it is likely to remain for ever "off the beaten track." In order to visit the Cevennes proper, the beautiful town of Mende would be the best starting-place. But since my purpose was to strike the trail of R. L. S., after some wanderings awheel northward of Clermont Ferrand, I approached the district from Le Puy, a town which so excellent a judge as Mr. Joseph Pennell has voted the most picturesque in Europe. Besides, Stevenson himself had often wandered through its quaint, unusual streets, while preparing for his memorable journey with immortal Modestine. "I decided on a sleeping sack," he says; "and after repeated visits to Le Puy, and a deal of high living for myself and my advisers, a sleeping sack was designed, constructed, and triumphantly brought home." At that time the wanderer's "home" was in the mountain town of Le Monastier, some fifteen miles south-east of Le Puy, and there in the autumn of 1877 he spent "about a month of fine days," variously occupied in completing his New Arabian Nights and Picturesque Notes on Edinburgh, and conducting, with no little personal and general entertainment, the preliminaries of his projected journey through the Cevennes.
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465613374
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The mountainous district of France to which, somewhat loosely, Stevenson applies the name Cevennes, lies along the western confines of Provence, and overlaps on several departments, chief of which are Ardèche, Lozère, Gard, and Herault. In many parts the villages and the people have far less in common with France and the French than Normandy and the Normans have with provincial England. Here in these mountain fastnesses and sheltered valleys the course of life has flowed along almost changeless for centuries, and here, too, we shall find much that is best in the romantic history and natural grandeur of France. Remote from Paris, and happily without the area of the "cheap trip" organisers, it is likely to remain for ever "off the beaten track." In order to visit the Cevennes proper, the beautiful town of Mende would be the best starting-place. But since my purpose was to strike the trail of R. L. S., after some wanderings awheel northward of Clermont Ferrand, I approached the district from Le Puy, a town which so excellent a judge as Mr. Joseph Pennell has voted the most picturesque in Europe. Besides, Stevenson himself had often wandered through its quaint, unusual streets, while preparing for his memorable journey with immortal Modestine. "I decided on a sleeping sack," he says; "and after repeated visits to Le Puy, and a deal of high living for myself and my advisers, a sleeping sack was designed, constructed, and triumphantly brought home." At that time the wanderer's "home" was in the mountain town of Le Monastier, some fifteen miles south-east of Le Puy, and there in the autumn of 1877 he spent "about a month of fine days," variously occupied in completing his New Arabian Nights and Picturesque Notes on Edinburgh, and conducting, with no little personal and general entertainment, the preliminaries of his projected journey through the Cevennes.
In the Track of Robert Louis Stevenson and Elsewhere in Old France
Author: J. A. Hammerton
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781494174552
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1908 Edition.
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781494174552
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1908 Edition.
A Catalogue of the Books and Manuscripts of Robert Louis Stevenson in the Library of the Late Harry Elkins Widener
Author: Harvard University. Library. Widener Collection
Publisher:
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Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Bulletin
Author:
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Bulletin of the Salem Public Library
Author: Salem Public Library
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Salem Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Dover Public Library
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Category : Catalogs, Classified
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Classified
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The Bookseller
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1102
Book Description
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1102
Book Description
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.