Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Ten Years' Travel Around the World, or From Land to Land, Isle to Isle and Sea to Sea: Embracing Twenty Tours in England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Prussia, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Greece, Russia, Turkey, Holy Land, Syria, Egypt, India, Singapore, Java, Australia, South America, Central America, &C
In Obtaining the information herein given, risks have been made, and dangers encountered; but neither pestilence. Famine, war, earthquakes, savage tribes, nor venemous reptiles have deterred, or turned aside from my purpose. In searching after knowledge, I have met and diligently studied the various ranks and phases of life, from the humblest peasant and most deluded pagan, to the highest and most civilized in the mansions and palaces of millionaires and kings, queens and princes. In my travels and researches, I have been accompanied by my husband, Dr. Rufus G. Wells, to whom I am indebted for many advantages, especially in gaining favorable reception by kings 'and princes, and for our residence in their palaces.
In preparing this work, it has been my aim to give a true presentation and history of the countries and places visited, and the experience gained, so far as my limited space would allow. I have endeavored to select from my stores that which I believed would most interest and benefit the reader. For confirmation of statements, and the verification of dates and measurements, reference has been had to the best libraries of history and travel in this country, and to the British Museum Library of London.
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