The Grand Tour
Romer Wilson
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, July 28, 2018)
Excerpt from The Grand Tour After summing up existence in a block of sculptured marble, there is still so much left over, so much I have been obliged to discard, to knock off life as I make the chips fly in an effort to obtain from mere stone a residuum that Shall be pure fact unclouded With ambiguities and muddle-mindedness, that I am left with a regret similar to that of a hero Who, in order to obtain his goal, must neglect, even destroy, a thousand wonderful and interesting objects. There is my excuse for this incursion into your province, formulated, like most excuses, after the event. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.