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Excerpt from The Gypsy Road: A Journey From Krakow to Coblentz
When our grandfathers crossed Europe in a postchaise or a rumbling diligence, they did so with some show of gravity. Of late we have been so accustomed to step from the steamer to the sleeping-car, and from this to the day express, that we have forgotten on the one hand the largeness, and on the other the detail of the earth. The rich variety of continental landscapes, the airy''labours of the peasant, the growth or slumbering of towns, the interchange of ideas along the frontier, have become well nigh lost to us in our rapid passages. But already a great change is coming over the methods of our travel, and the cyclist is ex ploring routes that have been closed for a good half-century. I have tried to describe in these pages the main features of such a journey.
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When our grandfathers crossed Europe in a postchaise or a rumbling diligence, they did so with some show of gravity. Of late we have been so accustomed to step from the steamer to the sleeping-car, and from this to the day express, that we have forgotten on the one hand the largeness, and on the other the detail of the earth. The rich variety of continental landscapes, the airy''labours of the peasant, the growth or slumbering of towns, the interchange of ideas along the frontier, have become well nigh lost to us in our rapid passages. But already a great change is coming over the methods of our travel, and the cyclist is ex ploring routes that have been closed for a good half-century. I have tried to describe in these pages the main features of such a journey.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Grenville Arthur James Cole
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780484907644
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.0 cm
Page Count - 178
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Grenville Arthur James Cole
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781333627713
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.0 cm
Page Count - 180
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