Voyages & Travels Books

American Notes for General Circulation

Charles Dickens

American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America from January to June, 1842. While there he acted as a critical observer of these societies..

Ontboezemingen

Carel van Nievelt

Hebt ge wel eens een neef, of broêr, of vriend van een eerste zeereis zien t'huiskomen? Hebt ge, wanneer 't verdoolde schaap per Zierikzeesche boot zou arriveren, hem in dat Zeeuwsche stedeken opgewac..

California and the Californians

David Starr Jordan

The Californian loves his state because his state loves him. He returns her love with a fierce affection that to men who do not know California is always a surprise. Hence he is impatient of outside c..

Their Silver Wedding Journey

William Dean Howells

It was then a magazine of a new sort, which his business partner had imagined in such leisure as the management of a newspaper syndicate afforded him, and had always thought of getting March to edit. ..

A Tramp Through the Bret Harte Country

T. D. Beasley

In California's imaginary Hall of Fame, Bret Harte must be accorded a prominent, if not first place. His short stories and dialect poems published fifty years ago made California well known the world ..

Lost in the Fog

James De Mille

It was a beautiful morning, in the month of July, when a crowd of boys assembled on the wharf of Grand Pre. The tide was high, the turbid waters of Mud Creek flowed around, a fresh breeze blew, and if..

The Aran Islands

J. M. Synge

The geography of the Aran Islands is very simple, yet it may need a word to itself. There are three islands: Aranmor, the north island, about nine miles long; Inishmaan, the middle island, about three..

Sky Island

L. Frank Baum

Sky Island (1912) was the second of three titles written by Baum featuring a spunky girl from California, Trot, and her companion, the old sailorman, Cap’n Bill. Baum had hoped to end the Oz series in..