The Land of the Bey: Being Impressions of Tunis Under the French (Classic Reprint) [Idioma Inglés] - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from The Land of the Bey: Being Impressions of Tunis Under the French

Recent events have attracted SO much attention to Northern Africa, and to that part of it over which the Bey Of Tunis has hitherto ruled, that it seems unnecessary to Offer any apology for the publication Of this volume. But if an apology is unnecessary, an explanation is undoubtedly called for. Let me say then that I make no pretensions to any special knowledge Of Tunis. I have not attempted to write a history of the Regency - though such a history could hardly fail to be intensely interesting; nor have I even sought to give a complete account of the country as it is now to be seen by visitors from a distance. Several circum stances made it impossible that I should a.

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My Dear Mudford, - Although the days of patrons and of epistles dedicatory have passed away, it is still permissible to in inscribe the name of a friend on the fly-leaf of a book. I venture, therefore, to associate your name with this trifling record of a pleasant holiday trip.

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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.