The Youthful Wanderer

An Account of a Tour through England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and the Rhine, Switzerland, Italy, and Egypt, Adapted to the Wants of Young Americans Taking Their First Glimpses at the Old World

George H. Heffner

• Publisher: Perlego
• Year: 2004
• eBook ISBN: 9700000010638
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

Excerpt from The Youthful Wanderer, or an Account of a Tour Through England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and the Rhine, Switzerland, Italy, and Egypt: Adapted to the Wants of Young Americans Taking Their First Glimpses at the Old World

It had been fashionable among the ancients, for men of learning to visit distant countries and im prove their education by traveling, after they had completed their various courses Of study in literary institutions, and the same custom still prevails in Europe at the present time; but in our country, comparatively few avail themselves Of this finish ing course. It is not strange that this should have been so with a people who are separated from the rest of the world by such wide oceans as we are, which could, up to a comparatively recen't period, only have been crossed at a sacrifice Of much time and money, and at the risk of loosing either life or health. These difficulties have been greatly rem duced by the application of steam-power to naviga= tion, and the time has come when an American can make the tour Of Europe with but little more expenditure Of time and money than it costs even a native of Europe to do it.

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