Books with author Fiona Campbell

Excerpt from My Circular Notes, Vol. 1 of 2: Extracts From Journals, Letters Sent Home, Geological and Other Notes, Written While Travelling Westwards Round the World, From July 6, 1874, to July 6, 1875Scotland is all spoiled, said a great man one day, about 1848 or 1849. I'll never go there again. It's all full Of dismal creatures, rushing about here and there seeking for an excitement. These are globe-trotters. A friendly polite French steward, who knew Alexandre Dumas, and had Seen him writing on board Of a steamer in the Black Sea, or somewhere else, warned this writer, whom he took for a writer Of fiction, to lock up his papers. Ces gens-la sont capables de les imprimer; ils sont tres-voleurs.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.