The Argosy . Through Holland,* Under Northern Skies, etc., etc. VyRITTEN to a very^ ^ near friend in Eng-land, these letters occa-sionally contain personalremarks that may seem oflittle interest to anyonewithout the charmedcircle ; an inevitable fea-ture in all correspondencenot originally intended forpublication. Where suchpassages may occur, it ishoped that the indulgenceof the reader will be freelygiven. On the other hand, im-pressions recorded in thepresent form may, perhaps,prove somewhat more en-tertaining than the moredirect manner of notingincidents of travel. Be this as it may, it ist
The Argosy . Through Holland,* Under Northern Skies, etc., etc. VyRITTEN to a very^ ^ near friend in Eng-land, these letters occa-sionally contain personalremarks that may seem oflittle interest to anyonewithout the charmedcircle ; an inevitable fea-ture in all correspondencenot originally intended forpublication. Where suchpassages may occur, it ishoped that the indulgenceof the reader will be freelygiven. On the other hand, im-pressions recorded in thepresent form may, perhaps,prove somewhat more en-tertaining than the moredirect manner of notingincidents of travel. Be this as it may, it isthought better to issue thefollowing pages almost asthey were first written, rather than, by pruning, deprive them of anylittle life and virtue they may possess. For the freer and more intimate tone adopted, every allowancemust be made : and if the writer seems for a moment to be takingthe reader into his confidence, he prays for the exercise of thatcharity which beareth all things and is not easily Palm A. Palma. Nov. loth, i8S6. Mv DEAR E.—At your own request I promised to send you a trueand faithful account of my visit to the Balearic Islands, minute in allparticulars and details of description. If, therefore, my letters shouldbecome to you a weariness to the flesh, blame your own indiscretion,not the shortcomings of my pen. Ferdinando, Ferdinando, no man Letters from Majorca, 31 can do more than he can do ! I fear that you will sometimes sayhe might have done a great deal less. With this gentle warning, I dismiss all further apology, and beginat the beginning. This beginning, as you know, was the train from CharingCross for Folkestone and Boulogne. How many times have I nottravelled that route, under all sorts and conditions of weather, boundfor some fair spot in La belle France, which to you and to mehappens to possess the additional charm and association of home andbirthland ! Every step of the way is full of happy recollections inthe past, and, I hope, o
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