Unbeaten Tracks In Japan

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Unbeaten Tracks In JapanISBN13:9781515134053ISBN10:1515134059Author:Bird, Isabella L. (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - Excerpt From Unbeaten Tracks In Japan: An Account Of Travels In The Interior Including Visits To The Aborigines Of Yezo And The Shrine Of Nikko Having Been Recommended To Leave Home, In April 1878, In Order To Recruit My Health By Means Which Had Proved Serviceable Before, I Decided To Visit Japan, Attracted Less By The Reputed Excellence Of Its Climate Than By The Certainty That It Possessed, In An Especial Degree, Those Sources Of Novel And Sustained Interest Which Conduce So Essentially To The Enjoyment And Restoration Of A Solitary Health-Seeker The Climate Disappointed Me, But, Though I Found The Country A Study Rather Than A Rapture, Its Interest Exceeded My Largest Expectations This Is Not A Book On Japan, But A Narrative Of Travels In Japan, And An Attempt To Contribute Something To The Sum Of Knowledge Of The Present Condition Of The Country, And It Was Not Till I Had Travelled For Some Months In The Interior Of The Main Island And In Yezo That I Decided That My Materials Were Novel Enough To Render The Contribution Worth Making From Nikko Northwards My Route Was Altogether Off The Beaten Track, And Had Never Been Traversed In Its Entirety By Any European I Lived Among The Japanese, And Saw Their Mode Of Living, In Regions Unaffected By European Contact About The Publisher Forgotten Books Publishes Hundreds Of Thousands Of Rare And Classic Books Find More At Forgottenbooks 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 Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2015-07-18Weight:0.95 lbsDimensions:0.5'' H x 9.69'' L x 7.44'' WNumber of Pages:238Language:English

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