Project Gutenberg 2008-03-28 Public domain in the USA. 198 Greeley, Horace 1811 1872 Gardwell, Godek Goodwell, Godek Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. Produced by Julia Miller, Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Glances at Europe" by Horace Greeley is a travelogue written in the mid-19th century. This work is presented as a series of letters from Greeley as he traverses Great Britain, France, Italy, and Switzerland during the summer of 1851. It encompasses his observations on various societal and cultural aspects of the countries he visits, alongside notes about the Great Exhibition, or World's Fair, which serves as a central theme in some of his reflections. The opening of the work sets the stage for Greeley's journey, beginning with his experience crossing the Atlantic Ocean on the steamship Baltic. He candidly describes the discomforts of sea travel, including his battle with seasickness, to convey the harsh realities of voyaging in his time. As he transitions into his arrival in Europe, Greeley expresses his intent to offer genuine impressions of his travels, prioritizing authentic encounters and observations over preconceived notions or guidebooks. He emphasizes his goal of capturing the essence of outdoor life and social conditions across Western Europe, while preparing his readers for both insightful and critical reflections on the people and cultures he encounters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Europe -- Description and travel D Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 724566 712067 2024-09-10T13:50:32.584348 2023-09-11T06:55:36.393002 text/html text/html 716131 2008-03-28T11:31:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 276063 2008-03-28T11:37:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 345060 2024-09-10T13:50:43.301284 application/epub+zip 354805 2024-09-10T13:50:34.998401 application/epub+zip 354289 2024-09-10T13:50:33.627403 application/epub+zip 638234 2024-09-10T13:50:49.977264 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 551168 2024-09-10T13:50:41.967296 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 576654 2022-09-11T12:45:07.906455 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 665764 665494 2024-09-10T13:50:31.390387 2023-09-11T06:55:35.381001 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 665678 2008-03-28T11:31:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 264702 2008-03-28T11:37:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 665772 2008-03-28T11:37:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 264590 2008-03-28T11:37:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20213 2024-09-10T13:50:50.120256 application/rdf+xml 13397 2024-09-10T13:50:34.045376 image/jpeg 3566 2024-09-10T13:50:33.853380 image/jpeg 322453 2024-09-10T13:50:32.647357 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia