Other editions of book The Collected Works of William Morris: Volume 8. Journals of Travel in Iceland: 1871-1873

THE visit to Iceland was another land-mark in my father’s life. In itself, apart from what it stood for in his work, it was something of an undertaking. A seasoned traveller would have smiled at the adventure of six days in a small steamer and six weeks’ riding among friendly people; but my father was not a seasoned traveller. He had a deep love and knowledge of country things, and was country bred, but his every-day life was necessarily a sedentary one: he was going to exchange this, without any training, for six weeks’ hard riding over difficult country in a wild climate, cutting himself off from every possible communication with his own folk—no little thing for a man so deeply-rooted in the home-life. So it must be said that he started in a somewhat adventurous spirit that spoke well for the success of the journey.

Excerpt from The Collected Works of William Morris, Vol. 8: With Introductions by His Daughter; Journals of Travel in Iceland 1871-1873Friday, July 28th. In camp at the same place 73 Chapter IV. From the Geysirs through the wilderness to Waterdale.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.

Excerpt from The Collected Works of William Morris, Vol. 8: With Introductions by His Daughter; Journals of Travel in Iceland 1871-1873Friday, July 28th. In camp at the same place 73 Chapter IV. From the Geysirs through the wilderness to Waterdale.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.