 Singapore and Bombay,— and so home by Egypt and Italy. The book is pleasantly written throughout, and with the picturesque variety that cannot but belong to the description of a succession of such scenes, is also full of interesting and instructive...  Vivia, a journal - Page 13by Georgiana Anne Dalrymple - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1854 - 426 pages
...coast,—passes to China,—afterwards to Singapore and Bombay,— and so home by Egypt and Italy. The book is pleasantly written throughout, and with the picturesque...shelf—even for that shelf which is devoted to ' Voyages Hound the World.' Pleasanter reading, we repeat, need not be offered than our sketcher brings."—Athenxum.... | |
 | Sir William Nott - Afghan Wars - 1854 - 510 pages
...variety of information, make it an equally admirable book of learning and amusement." — Standard. " The garment in which this book comes forth seems to...table as its place of destination. The nature of its contents — cheerful, lively letter-press — will assure it a ready welcome there. Yet it is not,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1854 - 426 pages
...variety of information, make it an equally admirable book of learning and amusement." — Standard. " The garment in which this book comes forth seems to...table as its place of destination. The nature of its contents — cheerful, lively letter-press — will assure it a ready welcome there. Yet it is'not,... | |
 | Elizabeth Caroline Grey - 1854 - 502 pages
...variety of information, make it an equally admirable book of learning and amusement." — Standard. " The garment in which this book comes forth seems to...table as its place of destination. The nature of its contents — cheerful, lively letter-press — will assure it a ready welcome there. Yet it is not,... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - Queens - 1854 - 764 pages
...variety of information, make it an equally admirable book of learning and amusement." — Standard. "The garment in which this book comes forth seems...table as its place of destination. The nature of its contents — cheerful, lively letter-press — will assure it a ready welcome there. Yet it is not,... | |
 | L. Hugh De Bonelli - Argentina - 1854 - 356 pages
...variety of information, make it an equally admirable book of learning and amusement." — Standard. " The garment in which this book comes forth seems to...table as its place of destination. The nature of its contents — cheerful, lively letter-press — will assure it a ready welcome there. Yet it is not,... | |
 | Frances Milton Trollope - 1854 - 338 pages
...variety of information, make it an equally admirable book of learning and amusement." — Standard. " The garment in which this book comes forth seems to...table as its place of destination. The nature of its contents — cheerful, lively letter-press — will assure it a ready welcome there. Yet it is not,... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - United States - 1854 - 358 pages
...variety of information, make it an equally admirable book of learning and amusement." — Standard. " The garment in which this book comes forth seems to...table as its place of destination. The nature of its contents — cheerful, lively letter-press — will assure it a ready welcome there. Yet it is not,... | |
 | Mrs. Matthew Hall - Great Britain - 1854 - 468 pages
...variety of information, make it an equally admirable book of learning and amusement." — Standard. " The garment in which this book comes forth seems to...table as its place of destination. The nature of its contents — cheerful, lively letter-press — will assure it a ready welcome there. Yet it is not,... | |
 | Caroline Grantoff - 1854 - 342 pages
...variety of information, make it an equally admirable book of learning and amusement." — Standard, " The garment in which this book comes forth seems to...table as its place of destination. The nature of its contents — cheerful, lively letter-press — will assure it a ready welcome there. Yet it is not,... | |
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