Travel Books

To The Gold Coast for Gold - A Personal Narrative. Vol. II

Sir Richard Francis Burton

To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. II is a personal narrative written by Sir Richard Francis Burton and Verney Lovett Cameron. Author's Preface:The sad grey life of ..

Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 2

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Passages From the English Notebooks is a personal narrative of travel experiences written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, who was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer...

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

Isabella L. Bird

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan is a travel diary written by Isabella Bird of her trip to Japan in 1878, at the age of 47. It was first published in English in 1881 by G. P. Putnam's Sons. It was later trans..

Afoot in England

W. H. Hudson

Afoot in England is a personal narrative of travels in England written by William Henry Hudson, an author, naturalist, and ornithologist.Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more tha..

Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II.

Pierce Egan

Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Ch..

Letters from the Cape

Lady Lucie Duff Gordon

Letters from the Cape is a travel narrative written by Lady Lucie Duff Gordon, an English author and translator who is best known for her Letters from Egypt, 1863–1865 and Last Letters from ..

Malbone - An Oldport Romance

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Malbone: An Oldport Romance is a personal narrative written by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier.  The narrative skilfully depicts..

The Englishwoman in America

Isabella L. Bird

The Englishwoman in America is a travel book written by Isabella L. Bird, a nineteenth-century British explorer, writer, photographer, and naturalist. Excerpts:As a general dislike of prefaces is..