Excerpt from Recollections of Four Years in Venezuela
May I hope that some at least of those who readthis my first book shall find not only interest and amusement in its contents, but even solace like my own.
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Excerpt from Recollections of Four Years in Venezuela
I have often wondered why so many books are written - some of them of scarcely any interest. I being the judge. And yet month after month new publications are advertised, and I suppose the books are sold, as according to a mercantile phrase "the supply is commensurate with the demand." If I be asked why I have written, the following must be the answer: - I was ill. It seemed to me that my family would soon be left unprovided for, and I Infidel, that would not realise the fact that "God Provides" was despondent. But a friend who had better sense than I, advised me to write. His advice was good; for the recollections of days gone by, and the increasing interest I took in the work I had begun - so absorbed my attention that I soon left thinking of my Illness - and I recovered.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book, a collection of travel journals, takes readers through Venezuela in the 1860s. The author, an English missionary, lived among plantation workers and indigenous people in the rural countryside, chronicling the natural world and daily life of the region. This book offers valuable firsthand accounts of rural Venezuelan life, society, and culture in the mid-19th century. The author's deep respect for and engagement with the people he lived among shine through the pages of his narrative, providing a unique and immersive insight into the people and their homeland. Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. 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. The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781331552369_0
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