College Tramps: A Narrative of the Adventures of a Party of Yale Students During a Summer Vacation in Europe, With Knapsack and Alpenstock, and the ... Taken in the Steerage (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from College Tramps: A Narrative of the Adventures of a Party of Yale Students During a Summer Vacation in Europe, With Knapsack and Alpenstock, and the Incidents of a Voyage to Rotterdam and Return, Taken in the Steerage

IN presenting this unpretentious volume to its readers, the writer cannot but feel the presence in it of defects which even the plea of youth' and noviceship cannot palliate.

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Excerpt from College Tramps: A Narrative of the Adventures of a Party of Yale Students During a Summer Vacation in Europe, With Knapsack and Alpenstock, and the Incidents of a Voyage to Rotterdam and Return, Taken in the Steerage

In presenting this unpretentious volume to its readers, the writer cannot but feel the presence in it of defects which even the plea of youth and noviceship cannot palliate.

But he has hoped that, from the character of the travelers, the peculiar manner in which their trip was made, and the somewhat unusual conjunction of places visited, this exaggeration of a long summer's experience may not be without its interest. The very attempt at a description cf travel in a land which has been so thoroughly and grandly exhausted by some of the world's greatest pens is, doubtless, presumptuous. In consideration, however, of the fact that no high literary style, no swelling periods, and no graceful word-paintings have been attempted, but that a simple tale of the events of the companionship of eight college juniors has been interwoven with only so much of description as was absolutely necessary for the connectedness of the narrative and the satisfaction of the reader, the present attempt can be said to be free from such a presumption.

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.