Riassunto
Excerpt from The Burton Holmes Lectures, Vol. 1 of 10
In the foreword to the First Edition of the Travelogues I took occasion to express my gratitude to the lecture-going public who. By their generous support given to the platform presentations of the Travelogues, made possible for me the journeys described in these ten volumes. I have now a new public to thank - the reading public - and to my readers I wish now to express my sincere gratitude for the favor with which they have received the Travelogues as they appear between the covers of these books.
It is difficult for one who, for nearly twenty vears, has been traveling as a deputy Sightseer for so many auditors and readers, not to feel that throughout all these long, busy, interesting years, he has had the best of the bargain. But I am encouraged to believe that the return I bring is fair and just exchange for the wander-privilege that I enjoy, and to believe as well, that not a little of the pleasure that I find in travel is shared by those for whom and by whose favor I travel and thereby possess the world. I ask nothing better than to be permitted to continue the work which. Begun as a labor of love, has now become both a vocation and an avocation.
I wish again to acknowledge the debt of gratitude I owe to my fellow workers, whose efforts have contributed in so large a measure to the success of the Travelogues: To Katherine Gordon Breed, who was the first to realize the possibilities of the art of coloring lantern slides; to Helen E. Stevenson, to whose exquisite skill and artistic discrimination are due the color - beauty and the convincing truthfulness of the illustra tions of all the later Travelogues; to Oscar Bennett Depue, who, since our first lecture, in 1890, has operated the projecting instruments with unfailing accuracy and skill - who since the introduction of Motion Pictures, in 1897, has devoted himself to the perfecting of the art of Cinematography, and who has been for many years and in many lands the ever helpful companion of my travels. And to Louis Francis Brown. Who. With business ability and tact, has directed the public presentations of the Travelogues. E. Burton holmes.
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.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
