Travels in Little-Known Parts of Asia Minor, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Travels in Little-Known Parts of Asia Minor, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Henry John Van Lennep and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-07 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Travels in Little-Known Parts of Asia Minor, Vol. 1 of 2 W E R E literary reputation the object of the writer of the following pages, he would greatly hesitate to lay them before an English-speaking public. The long use of five or six different languages, both in the general intercourse of social life and in the perform ance of his professional duties, has produced upon his mind and his habits of thinking an effect which those alone can fully appreciate who have fallen into the same predicament. He finds himself alternately thinking in each and all of these dialects, and rendering 'the idioms of the one in the words of another, until he is conscious that he has quite lost the faculty of dis tinguishing, in all cases, to what language belongs any particular shade of idea, or mode of speech which he happens to find best suited to his purpose. There is every reason to believe that this mental process will be found reflected upon these pages, and, without troubling his readers with a disquisition upon its ad vantages or blemishes, the author would sincerely apolo gize for any inconvenience it may cost them. Vol. I. 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.