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“A little volume, rich in graphic, picturesque descriptions, charming
alike through its freshness, simplicity, and originality of thought. Possessing
remarkable observation, nothing escapes her notice, and one
has the sense, upon laying aside the book, of having been a companion
in her travels, so plainly does she bring everything to the mind's eye.
Not the tiniest mark of beauty escapes her, and her remarkable word-pictures
glow with warmth and rich color. A pleasant vein of satire
runs through the book, wholly healthful in its tone; and its pages show
the writer to be a bright, active, energetic traveller, and the best of narrators.”

“Some one has said that, if one could open the mail-bags, and read
the women's letters, they would be more entertaining than any books.
This volume is an open mail bag, forwarded from Germany or Rome or
the Tyrol. The faded wonders of Europe turn out to be wholly fresh
when seen through a fresh pair of eyes, and so the result is very charming.”

“H. H. has gone little out of the beaten track of travel, and yet her
sketches are as fresh as though they were Eve's journal in the Garden
of Eden.”

“One of the nicest companion books on a journey.”

“There is a fascination in her pages impossible to resist.”